Sanskrit compound
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Sanskrit inherits from its parent, the Proto-Indo-European language, the capability of forming compound nouns, also widely seen in kindred languages, especially German, Greek, and also English.[citation needed]
However, Sanskrit, especially in the later stages of the language, significantly expands on this both in terms of the number of elements making up a single compound and the volume of compound-usage in the literature, a development which is unique within Indo-European to Sanskrit and closely related languages.[citation needed]
Further, this development in the later language[lower-alpha 1] is an entirely artificial, literary construct and does not reflect the spoken language.[2][3]