Where does “asat” come from?

asat (Irish) comes from Sanskrit असत्, from Sanskrit सत्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns — real, true.

asat (Irish): second-person singular of as

Definitions

  1. second-person singular of as

Ancestry of “asat”, step by step

asat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit असत्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअसत्non-existent, unreal
2Sanskritसत्being, existing, occurring, happening, being present
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hsánsreal, true

via Old Irish essiut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishessiut—

Words derived from “asat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns →Every word from Sanskrit सत् →Every word from Sanskrit असत् →