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

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwásiṣṭʰas
  • Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ (vásiṣṭha) (see there for further descendants)
• 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)