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Where does “-𐎡𐎣” come from?

-𐎡𐎣 (Old Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “-𐎡𐎣”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
2Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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