Where does โ€œ๐‘€˜โ€ come from?

๐‘€˜ (Ashokan Prakrit) comes from Sanskrit เคš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ฤa, from Proto-Indo-European -kสทe โ€” and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

๐‘€˜ (Ashokan Prakrit): and

Definitions

  1. and

Ancestry of โ€œ๐‘€˜โ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritเคšand, both, also, moreover, as well as
2Proto-Indo-Iranian-ฤaand
3Proto-Indo-European-kสทeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kสทe โ†’Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ฤa โ†’Every word from Sanskrit เคš โ†’