Where does “अल्पकालिक” come from?
अल्पकालिक (Hindi) comes from Hindi अल्प, from Hindi -ता, from Prakrit -𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢, from Sanskrit -अत्, from Proto-Celtic -ants, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
अल्पकालिक (Hindi): short-lived
Ancestry of “अल्पकालिक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | अल्प | a little; short |
| 2 | Hindi | -ता | वीर + API → वीरता; Synonym: -पन |
| 3 | Prakrit | -𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | -अत् | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | -ants | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |