Where does “अपत्य” come from?
अपत्य (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit अपत्य, from Sanskrit अप-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.
अपत्य (Hindi): offspring
Ancestry of “अपत्य”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अपत्य | offspring, child, descendant |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अप- | away, out |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hápa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epó | off, away |