Where does “-ištʰas” come from?

-ištʰas (Proto-Indo-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

-ištʰas (Proto-Indo-Iranian): superlative adjectival suffix

Definitions

  1. superlative adjectival suffix

Ancestry of “-ištʰas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
2Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
3Proto-Indo-European-yoss—

Words derived from “-ištʰas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yoss →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yōs →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -istHos →