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Where does “स्वादिष्ठ” come from?

स्वादिष्ठ (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan swáHdiṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swáHdištʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

स्वादिष्ठ (Sanskrit): very sweet or pleasing to the taste; sweetest

Definitions

  1. very sweet or pleasing to the taste; sweetest

Ancestry of “स्वादिष्ठ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanswáHdiṣṭʰas—
2Proto-Indo-IranianswáHdištʰassuperlative degree of *swáHduš : sweetest, most...
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-ištʰassuperlative adjectival suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
5Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
6Proto-Indo-European-yoss—

Words derived from “स्वादिष्ठ”

  • स्वादिष्ट
  • स्वादिष्ठ
  • સ્વાદિષ્ટ
  • स्वादिष्ट
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