Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰištʰas
Proto-Indo-Iranian
editEtymology
editFrom *maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”) + *-ištʰas (superlative suffix).
Adjective
edit*maȷ́ʰištʰas
- superlative degree of *maȷ́ʰā́ (“great, big”): greatest, biggest
Descendants
edit- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźʰiṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: महिष्ठ (mahiṣṭha)
- Proto-Iranian: *majištah