Where does “-इष्ठ” come from?

-इष्ठ (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

-इष्ठ (Sanskrit): superlative adjectival suffix

Definitions

  1. superlative adjectival suffix

Ancestry of “-इष्ठ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian-ištʰassuperlative adjectival suffix
2Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
3Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
4Proto-Indo-European-yoss—

Words derived from “-इष्ठ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yoss →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ištʰas →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yōs →
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