Where does “સમૃદ્ધ” come from?
સમૃદ્ધ (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit समृद्ध, from Sanskrit ऋद्ध, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
સમૃદ્ધ (Gujarati): prosperous
Ancestry of “સમૃદ્ધ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | समृद्ध | prosperous |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ऋद्ध | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |