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
Definitions
- centipede
Ancestry of “चालीसपद”, step by step
चालीसपद traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi चालीस
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | चालीस | forty |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चत्वारिंशत् | forty |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ćatwārHśát | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čatwārHćát | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Hindi पद
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | पद | foot; footstep; footprint |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पद | step, pace, stride; footstep, trace, vestige,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | padám | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | padám | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pedóm | step; bottom, floor; step |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pēd- | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |