Where does “न्यायवाक्य” come from?
न्यायवाक्य (Hindi) comes from Hindi वाक्य, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
न्यायवाक्य (Hindi): syllogism
Ancestry of “न्यायवाक्य”, step by step
न्यायवाक्य traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi वाक्य
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | वाक्य | sentence; clause |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वाक्य | speech, saying, assertion, statement, command,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via Hindi न्याय
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | न्याय | justice, law; judgement, decision; rule |
| 2 | Sanskrit | न्याय | that into which a thing goes back i.e. an... |