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Where does “उत्कृष्ट” come from?

उत्कृष्ट (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit कृष्ट, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “उत्कृष्ट”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकृष्ट—
2Sanskrit-त-ed
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “उत्कृष्ट”

  • उत्कृष्ट
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