Where does “मातृभाषा” come from?

मातृभाषा (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit मातृ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

मातृभाषा (Hindi): mother tongue, native language

Definitions

  1. mother tongue, native language

Ancestry of “मातृभाषा”, step by step

मातृभाषा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit मातृ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमातृmother
2Proto-Indo-AryanmáHtā
3Proto-Indo-IranianmáHtāmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via Sanskrit भाषा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
2Sanskritभाष
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tērEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtāEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan máHtā