Where does “ईषत्” come from?
ईषत् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan īṣát, from Proto-Indo-Iranian īšát, from Proto-Indo-European in̥st, from Proto-Indo-European is — a little.
ईषत् (Sanskrit): few, little; slightly
Ancestry of “ईषत्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | īṣát | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | īšát | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | in̥st | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | is | a little |
Words derived from “ईषत्”