Where does “Sanskrit” come from?
Sanskrit (German) comes from Sanskrit संस्कृत, from Sanskrit सम्-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sam-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Sanskrit (German): The Sanskrit language
Ancestry of “Sanskrit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | संस्कृत | put together, constructed, well or completely... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सम्- | with, together with, along with, together,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sam- | together, joint, paired |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
Words derived from “Sanskrit”