Where does “शिष्ट” come from?

शिष्ट (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit शिष्ट, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

शिष्ट (Hindi): left over, remaining; well behaved, polite;...

Definitions

  1. left over, remaining; well behaved, polite;...

Ancestry of “शिष्ट”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशिष्टleft, remaining, escaped, residual; anything that...
2Sanskrit-त-ed
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Sanskrit -त →Every word from Sanskrit शिष्ट →
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