Where does “-wánts” come from?
-wánts (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian -wánts, from Proto-Indo-European -wénts — Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems.
Ancestry of “-wánts”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -wánts | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -wénts | Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems |
Words derived from “-wánts”