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Where does “ꦮꦶꦢꦾ” come from?

ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese widyā, from Sanskrit विद्या, from Sanskrit शास्त्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan śāstra.

Ancestry of “ꦮꦶꦢꦾ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesewidyā—
2Sanskritविद्याknowledge, wisdom; science, philosophy; an...
3Sanskritशास्त्रshastra, scripture; science, knowledge
4Proto-Indo-Aryanśāstra—
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