Where does “समय” come from?
समय (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit समय, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.
समय (Hindi): time; hours
Ancestry of “समय”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | समय | coming together, meeting or a place of meeting;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सम् | to be agitated or disturbed |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आस | ashes; dust; past of अस् : was |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sewh₁- | to press, push |