Where does “मातृहत्या” come from?

मातृहत्या (Hindi) comes from Hindi हत्या, from Sanskrit हत्या, from Sanskrit -त्या, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

मातृहत्या (Hindi): matricide

Definitions

  1. matricide

Ancestry of “मातृहत्या”, step by step

मातृहत्या traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi हत्या

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiहत्याmurder, assassination, killing
2Sanskritहत्याkilling, slaying, slaughter, murder
3Sanskrit-त्या—
4Sanskrit-त-ed
5Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Hindi मातृ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiमातृmother
2Sanskritमातृmother
3Proto-Indo-AryanmáHtā—
4Proto-Indo-IranianmáHtāmother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Sanskrit -त →Every word from Sanskrit -त्या →