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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritत्रिवेदिन्familiar with the three Vedas
2Sanskritत्रिthree
3Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
4Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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