Where does “चालीसपद” come from?
चालीसपद (Hindi) comes from Hindi चालीस, from Sanskrit चत्वारिंशत्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwārHśát, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwārHćát, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
चालीसपद (Hindi): centipede
Ancestry of “चालीसपद”, step by step