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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwásištʰas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From *Hwásuš (“good”) +‎ *-ištʰas (superlative suffix)

Adjective

*Hwásištʰas [1]

  1. superlative degree of *Hwásuš (“good”): best, most excellent

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *Hwásiṣṭʰas
    • Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ (vásiṣṭha)
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (vasiṭṭha)[2]
        • Hindi: बसीठ (basīṭh, “village headman”) (dated)
  • Iranian: *Hwáhištah
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀‎ (vahišta)
    • Parthian: (/wahišt/, "paradise")
      Manichaean: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤‎ (whyšt), 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫎‎ (whyšṯ)
      • → Middle Persian: (/wahišt/)
        Manichaean: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤‎ (whyšt), 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫎‎ (whyšṯ)
        Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩‎ (whyšt)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “vásu-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vásiṣṭha (11444)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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