Where does “गोलार्ध” come from?
गोलार्ध (Hindi) comes from Hindi अर्ध, from Sanskrit अर्ध, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European h₁érdʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
गोलार्ध (Hindi): hemisphere
Ancestry of “गोलार्ध”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | अर्ध | half |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अर्ध | half, halved, forming a half; the half; one part... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hárdʰas | division, half |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁érdʰ-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |