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Where does “vriddhi” come from?

vriddhi (English) comes from English vrddhi, from Sanskrit वृद्धि, from Sanskrit वृध्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwardʰ-.

vriddhi (English): Alternative spelling of vrddhi

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of vrddhi

Ancestry of “vriddhi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvrddhiThe strongest ablaut-grade in a series of vowel...
2Sanskritवृद्धिcutting off, abscission; forfeiture, deduction;...
3Sanskritवृध्—
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hwardʰ-—
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