Where does “jyeṣṭha” come from?

jyeṣṭha (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas.

jyeṣṭha (Old Javanese): chief

Definitions

  1. chief

Ancestry of “jyeṣṭha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritज्येष्ठmost excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief, best,...
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́yáHištʰas—

Words derived from “jyeṣṭha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas →Every word from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ →