Where does “Vedanta” come from?
Vedanta comes from Sanskrit वेदान्त, from Sanskrit वेद combined with a suffix derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning to see or know.
Ancestry of “Vedanta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | वेदान्त | Vedanta |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वेद | knowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “Vedanta”