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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/swáHdištʰas

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 *swáHduš (“good”) +‎ *-ištʰas (superlative suffix)

Adjective

*swáHdištʰas [1]

  1. superlative degree of *swáHduš (“sweet”): sweetest, most sweet

Descendants

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “svādú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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