Where does “Gatha” come from?

Gatha (English) comes from Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gaHtHa-.

Gatha (English): any of the 17 hymns included in the Avesta...

Definitions

  1. any of the 17 hymns included in the Avesta...

Ancestry of “Gatha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Avestan𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of...
2Proto-Indo-IraniangaHtHa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gaHtHa- →Every word from Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 →