Where does “mandala” come from?

mandala (German) comes from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mandala (German): mandala (geometric design)

Definitions

  1. mandala (geometric design)

Ancestry of “mandala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
2Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
3Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit मण्डल →