Where does “अनाज” come from?
अनाज (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit अन्नाद्य, from Sanskrit अद्य, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyá.
अनाज (Hindi): grain
Ancestry of “अनाज”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अन्नाद्य | food |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अद्य | today; nowadays; now |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hadyá | — |