Where does “Trivedi” come from?
Trivedi comes from Sanskrit त्रिवेदिन्, a compound of त्रि (tri, "three") and वेद (veda, "knowledge" or "sacred knowledge").
Ancestry of “Trivedi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | त्रिवेदिन् | familiar with the three Vedas |
| 2 | Sanskrit | त्रि | three |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | tráyas | three |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | tráyas | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |