Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maȷ́ʰā́
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”).[1]
Adjective
*maȷ́ʰā́ (comparative *maȷ́ʰyas, superlative *maȷ́ʰištʰas)[2]
Descendants
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “mahā́nt- (line 2: mahát)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 337-339
- ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2015) “Suppletive Phenomena in Older Indo-Iranian Noun Inflection”, in Diachrony and Suppletion