Where does “Texas” come from?

Texas (French) comes from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, from Spanish Tejas, from Sanskrit तेजस्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan táyȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

Ancestry of “Texas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTexasSeveral places in the United States
2SpanishTexas
3SpanishTejas
4Sanskritतेजस्the sharp edge of a knife; the point or top of a...
5Proto-Indo-Aryantáyȷ́as
6Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

Words derived from “Texas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg-