Where does “tattva” come from?

tattva (English) comes from Sanskrit तत्त्व, from Sanskrit तद्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sá, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tattva (English): An element or aspect of reality conceived as an...

Definitions

  1. An element or aspect of reality conceived as an...

Ancestry of “tattva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतत्त्वtruth; reality; principle etc
2Sanskritतद्it; that; this
3Proto-Indo-Iraniansáhe
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sá →Every word from Sanskrit तद् →