Sunday, February 10, 2019

Sanskrit "iST" and "er" in English Superlative and Comparative Words

In Sanskrit 'iyas" and "iST" (or "tar" and "tam") are used as suffixes respectively for comparative and superlative suffixes. "er" from "tar" becomes the suffix for comparatives.

http://sanskrit-words.blogspot.com/2007/09/sandhi-rules-in-english-spellings.html
द्राघिष्ठ - longest ह्रसिष्ठ - shortest दविष्ठ - remotest नेदिष्ठ - nearest प्रथिष्ठ - widest अणिष्ठ - minutest गरिष्ठ - heaviest लघिष्ठ - lightest

better - बाहतर