Where does “काल्पनिक संख्या” come from?

काल्पनिक संख्या (Hindi) comes from Hindi काल्पनिक, from Sanskrit काल्पनिक, from Sanskrit कल्पना, from Sanskrit कॢप्, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

काल्पनिक संख्या (Hindi): imaginary number

Definitions

  1. imaginary number

Ancestry of “काल्पनिक संख्या”, step by step

काल्पनिक संख्या traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi काल्पनिक

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiकाल्पनिकimaginary
2Sanskritकाल्पनिकexisting only in fancy, invented, fictitious
3Sanskritकल्पनाmaking, manufacturing, preparing Suṡr. BhP;...
4Sanskritकॢप्to order, array, arrange, set; to manage,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via Hindi संख्या

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiसंख्याnumber; reckoning, counting; a calculation
2Sanskritसंख्याa number, sum, total; reckoning or summing up;...
3Sanskritसम्-with, together with, along with, together,...
4Proto-Indo-Iraniansam-together, joint, paired
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Sanskrit कॢप् →