Where does “उपन्यासकार” come from?
उपन्यासकार (Hindi) comes from Hindi कार, from English car, from Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish karros, from Proto-Celtic karros — to run.
उपन्यासकार (Hindi): novelist
Definitions
- novelist
Ancestry of “उपन्यासकार”, step by step
उपन्यासकार traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi कार
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | कार | tax; action, doing; work |
| 2 | English | car | A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with... |
| 3 | Middle English | carre | cart, wagon |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | carre | cart |
| 5 | Latin | carra | — |
| 6 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 7 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
via Hindi उपन्यास
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | उपन्यास | novel |
| 2 | Sanskrit | उपन्यास | putting down, placing near to, juxta-position |
| 3 | Sanskrit | न्यास | putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down |
| 4 | Sanskrit | न्यस् | to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc., e.g. भुवि, on the earth) |
| 5 | Sanskrit | नि- | into; down; without, free of |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ní | down, downwards; in, into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ni | down |