Where does “-य” come from?

-य (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

-य (Sanskrit): suffix denoting state or origin

Definitions

  1. suffix denoting state or origin

Ancestry of “-य”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “-य”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →