Where does “पूर्वी एशिया” come from?
पूर्वी एशिया (Hindi) comes from Hindi पूर्वी, from Sanskrit पूर्विन्, from Sanskrit पूर्व, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pr̥Hwás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hwás, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥h₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “पूर्वी एशिया”, step by step
पूर्वी एशिया traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi पूर्वी
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | पूर्वी | eastern |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पूर्विन् | ancient |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पूर्व | before, in front of; ancient, old; eastern |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pr̥Hwás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hwás | before, first, in front of; ancient, old |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥h₂wós | first |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |