Where does “Upanishadic” come from?
Upanishadic (English) comes from English Upanishad, from Sanskrit उपनिषद्, from Sanskrit उप-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan upa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian upa-, from Proto-Indo-European upo — under, up from under; up from under, over; up,...
Upanishadic (English): Pertaining to the Upanishads
Definitions
- Pertaining to the Upanishads
Ancestry of “Upanishadic”, step by step
Upanishadic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Upanishad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Upanishad | Any of a set of authorless Hindu religious and philosophical texts considered to be an early source of the religion, found mostly as the concluding part of the Brahmanas and in the Aranyakas |
| 2 | Sanskrit | उपनिषद् | sitting at the foot of a teacher to receive... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | उप- | towards; near, with; under, below |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | upa- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | upa- | towards |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upo | under, up from under; up from under, over; up,... |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |