Where does “-अयति” come from?

-अयति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-áyati, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

-अयति (Sanskrit): causative suffix

Definitions

  1. causative suffix

Ancestry of “-अयति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*-áyati—
2Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
3Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-अयति”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-áyati →