Where does “इतिहासकार” come from?
इतिहासकार (Hindi) comes from Hindi इतिहास, from Sanskrit इतिहास, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.
इतिहासकार (Hindi): historian
Ancestry of “इतिहासकार”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | इतिहास | history |
| 2 | Sanskrit | इतिहास | talk; legend; tradition |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आस | ashes; dust; past of अस् : was |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sewh₁- | to press, push |