Where does “विश्वविद्यालय” come from?
विश्वविद्यालय (Hindi) comes from Hindi विश्व, from Sanskrit विश्व, from Sanskrit कर, from Sanskrit ताल, from Sanskrit तल, from Old Irish talam, from Proto-Celtic talamū, from Proto-Indo-European tl̥-mon- — flat; board, plank; to be still; to build.
विश्वविद्यालय (Hindi): university
Definitions
- university
Ancestry of “विश्वविद्यालय”, step by step
विश्वविद्यालय traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi विश्व
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | विश्व | universe; the world; universal, whole |
| 2 | Sanskrit | विश्व | all, every, every one; whole, entire, universal;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कर | doer, maker; hand; tax |
| 4 | Sanskrit | ताल | the palm tree or fan palm; clapping; the palm of... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | तल | surface, level, floor; the part underneath, lower... |
| 6 | Old Irish | talam | earth, land; land, country; earth |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | talamū | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tl̥-mon- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tel- | flat; board, plank; to be still; to build |