Where does “?????-” come from?
?????- (Ashokan Prakrit) comes from Sanskrit स्थग, from Proto-Indo-Aryan stʰagáti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
?????- (Ashokan Prakrit): a cheat, fraud
Ancestry of “?????-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | स्थग | cunning, fraudulent, to cover, to conceal |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | stʰagáti | to cover, conceal, make invisible |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
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