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
- mother tongue, native language
Ancestry of “मातृभाषा”, step by step
मातृभाषा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.