Where does “ހެކި” come from?
ހެކި (Dhivehi) comes from Sanskrit साक्षिन्, from Sanskrit साक्ष, from Sanskrit स-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sa-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
ހެކި (Dhivehi): witness
Ancestry of “ހެކި”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | साक्षिन् | witness, spectator |
| 2 | Sanskrit | साक्ष | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | स- | with |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *sa- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sa- | together, co- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |