Where does “Bağiṣṭ” come from?

Bağiṣṭ (Kamkata-viri) comes from Sanskrit -इष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

Bağiṣṭ (Kamkata-viri): Bagisht (pre-Islamic Nuristani deity)

Definitions

  1. Bagisht (pre-Islamic Nuristani deity)

Ancestry of “Bağiṣṭ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-इष्ठsuperlative adjectival suffix
2Proto-Indo-Iranian-ištʰassuperlative adjectival suffix
3Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
4Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
5Proto-Indo-European-yoss—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yoss →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ištʰas →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yōs →