Where does “-तव्य” come from?
-तव्य (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit -य, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “-तव्य”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | -य | suffix denoting state or origin |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |