Where does “छोट” come from?

छोट (Bhojpuri) comes from Hindi छोटा, from Ashokan Prakrit ????? — small.

छोट (Bhojpuri): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “छोट”, step by step

छोट traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi छोटा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiछोटाlittle, small; younger, junior, minor, lesser;...
2Ashokan Prakrit?????small

via Proto-Indo-Aryan chōṭṭa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanchōṭṭa—
Every word from Ashokan Prakrit ????? →Every word from Hindi छोटा →