Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas
Appearance
Proto-Indo-Iranian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas[1]
- superlative degree of *bʰr̥ȷ́ʰáns (“high, tall”): highest, most elevated
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bárźʰiṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: बर्हिष्ठ (bárhiṣṭha)
- Proto-Iranian: *bárjištah (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “bárhis.t.ha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University