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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-यsuffix denoting state or origin
2Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →