Where does “Matrika” come from?

Matrika (English) comes from Sanskrit मातृका, from Sanskrit मातृ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

Matrika (English): One of the seven or eight mother goddesses that are usually shaktis of different devas

Definitions

  1. One of the seven or eight mother goddesses that are usually shaktis of different devas

Ancestry of “Matrika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमातृकाmother
2Sanskritमातृmother
3Proto-Indo-AryanmáHtā—
4Proto-Indo-IranianmáHtāmother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan máHtā →