Where does “दक्षिण एशिया” come from?
दक्षिण एशिया (Hindi) comes from Hindi एशिया, from English Asia, from Middle English Asia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.
Ancestry of “दक्षिण एशिया”, step by step
दक्षिण एशिया traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi एशिया
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | एशिया | — |
| 2 | English | Asia | A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius |
| 3 | Middle English | Asia | — |
| 4 | Latin | Āsia | A kind of rye |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσία | Asia Minor; Asia; Asia |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 | an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the... |
| 7 | Hittite | 𒀸𒋗𒉿 | northwest Anatolia |
via Hindi दक्षिण
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | दक्षिण | right; southern; south |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दक्षिण | right, righthand; located on the right; southern;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dáćšinas | right; south |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱs-i-no-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱs- | right |