Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hwásištʰas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwásiṣṭʰas
  • Proto-Iranian: *Hwáhištah
    • Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (vahišta)
    • Parthian: 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫤 (whyšt), 𐫇𐫍𐫏𐫢𐫎 (whyšṯ /⁠wahišt⁠/, “paradise”)
    • Northern Kurdish: behişt, biheşt, bihuşt
    • → Old Persian: *vahištah (see there for further descendants)

References

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