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Where does “उपवीत” come from?

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

Ancestry of “उपवीत”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-इत—
2Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →