Where does “પિત્તળ” come from?

પિત્તળ (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit पित्तल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

પિત્તળ (Gujarati): brass

Definitions

  1. brass

Ancestry of “પિત્તળ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपित्तलbrass
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 पित्तल →