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
- left over, remaining; well behaved, polite;...
Ancestry of “शिष्ट”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | शिष्ट | left, remaining, escaped, residual; anything that... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -त | -ed |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -tás | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |