Where does “ऊर्ध्वाधर” come from?
ऊर्ध्वाधर (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit अधर, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hadʰáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hadʰáras, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dʰ-ér-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dʰér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dʰí, from Proto-Indo-European dʰe, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
ऊर्ध्वाधर (Hindi): vertical
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Ancestry of “ऊर्ध्वाधर”, step by step
ऊर्ध्वाधर traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit अधर
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अधर | low; tending downwards; lower, inferior, vile;... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hadʰáras | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hadʰáras | low; inferior |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dʰ-ér-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dʰér | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dʰí | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰe | Locative particle, where |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Sanskrit ऊर्ध्व
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | ऊर्ध्व | rising or tending upwards, raised, elevated,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | r̥Hdʰwás | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | r̥Hdʰwás | high, upright |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃r̥dʰ-wó-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |