Where does “ঋতু” come from?
ঋতু (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit ऋतु, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hr̥túš, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ér-tus ~ h₂r̥-téw-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ঋতু (Assamese): season
Ancestry of “ঋতু”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | ऋतु | any settled point of time, fixed time, time... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hr̥túš | fixed point of time, period, epoch; fixed order,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ér-tus ~ h₂r̥-téw-s | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |