Where does “śiṣṭa” come from?

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

śiṣṭa (Old Javanese): left, remainder

Definitions

  1. left, remainder

Ancestry of “śiṣṭa”, 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 →