Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwásištʰas
Proto-Indo-Iranian edit
Etymology edit
From *Hwásuš (“good”) + *-ištʰas (superlative suffix).
Adjective edit
*Hwásištʰas[1]
- superlative degree of *Hwásuš (“good”): best, most excellent
Descendants edit
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwásiṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ (vásiṣṭha) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hwáhištah
References edit
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “vásu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University