Where does โ€œ๐‘€˜๐‘€ผโ€ come from?

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

๐‘€˜๐‘€ผ (Ashokan Prakrit): but

Definitions

  1. but

Ancestry of โ€œ๐‘€˜๐‘€ผโ€, step by step

๐‘€˜๐‘€ผ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit เคš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritเคšand, both, also, moreover, as well as
2Proto-Indo-Iranian-ฤaand
3Proto-Indo-European-kสทeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Ashokan Prakrit ๐‘€ข๐‘€ผ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ashokan Prakrit๐‘€ข๐‘€ผbut
2Sanskritเคคเฅpray, I beg, do; but; and
3Proto-Indo-Europeansรณthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kสทe โ†’Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ฤa โ†’Every word from Sanskrit เคš โ†’