Where does “समाजशास्त्र” come from?
समाजशास्त्र (Hindi) comes from Hindi समाज, from Sanskrit समाज, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.
समाजशास्त्र (Hindi): sociology
Ancestry of “समाजशास्त्र”, step by step
समाजशास्त्र traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi समाज
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | समाज | society, community |
| 2 | Sanskrit | समाज | society, assembly, conclave |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सम् | to be agitated or disturbed |
| 4 | Sanskrit | आस | to have been |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sewh₁- | to press, push |
via Hindi शास्त्र
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | शास्त्र | study; science; code, rule; sacred text,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | शास्त्र | shastra, scripture; science, knowledge |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śāstra | — |