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Where does “ऋष्व” come from?

ऋष्व (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hr̥šwás, from Proto-Indo-European h₃r̥s-wó-s, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

ऋष्व (Sanskrit): elevated, high; sublime, great, noble

Definitions

  1. elevated, high; sublime, great, noble

Ancestry of “ऋष्व”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHr̥šwáshigh, elevated
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃r̥s-wó-s—
3Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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