Where does “जैव विविधता” come from?
जैव विविधता (Hindi) comes from Hindi विविधता, from Hindi -ता, from Prakrit -𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢, from Sanskrit -अत्, from Proto-Celtic -ants, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
जैव विविधता (Hindi): biodiversity
Definitions
- biodiversity
Ancestry of “जैव विविधता”, step by step
जैव विविधता traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi विविधता
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | विविधता | diversity, variety |
| 2 | Hindi | -ता | वीर + API → वीरता; Synonym: -पन |
| 3 | Prakrit | -𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | -अत् | ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | -ants | body part suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Sanskrit जव
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | जव | speed, velocity, swiftness; haste, hurry; impulse... |
| 2 | Old Marathi | 𑘕𑘄 | barley |
| 3 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀚𑀯 | barley |
| 4 | Sanskrit | जीव | alive, living; life, existence; any living being,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́iHwás | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰiHwás | alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |