Where does “??????” come from?

?????? (Ashokan Prakrit) comes from Sanskrit गुहा, from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.

?????? (Ashokan Prakrit): cave

Definitions

  1. cave

Ancestry of “??????”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritगुहाhiding place, cave, cavern
2Sanskritगुह्a hiding place, cave, den, lair
3Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰawȷ́ʰ-to hide, conceal

Words derived from “??????”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit गुह् →Every word from Sanskrit गुहा →