Where does “sandhi” come from?
sandhi (English) comes from Sanskrit संधि, from Sanskrit संधा, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.
sandhi (English): Any of a wide variety of phonological processes...
Definitions
- Any of a wide variety of phonological processes...
Ancestry of “sandhi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | संधि | containing a conjunction or transition from one... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | संधा | to join, bring together, unite, combine, put together, compound, mix |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सम् | to be agitated or disturbed |
| 4 | Sanskrit | आस | to have been |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sewh₁- | to press, push |
Words derived from “sandhi”