Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Háwǰištʰas
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-Iranian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwg-isth₂-o-s, from *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”) + *-isth₂os.
Adjective
edit*Háwǰištʰas
- superlative degree of *Hugrás (“powerful”): most powerful, strongest, mightiest
Descendants
edit- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háwȷ́iṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: ओजिष्ठ (ójiṣṭha)
- Proto-Iranian: *Háwǰištah
References
edit- ^ Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 64