Where does “swáHdiṣṭʰas” come from?
swáHdiṣṭʰas (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian swáHdištʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.
Ancestry of “swáHdiṣṭʰas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | swáHdištʰas | sweetest, most sweet |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -ištʰas | superlative adjectival suffix |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -istHos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yōs | Forms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yoss | — |