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.

Vedanta (English): A Hindu system of philosophy concerned with the self-realisation by which one comes to understand the ultimate nature of reality, or Brahman

Definitions

  1. A Hindu system of philosophy concerned with the self-realisation by which one comes to understand the ultimate nature of reality, or Brahman

Ancestry of “Vedanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवेदान्तVedanta
2Sanskritवेदknowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “Vedanta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →