Where does “ನಿದ್ದೆ” come from?

ನಿದ್ದೆ (Kannada) comes from Pali niddā, from Sanskrit निद्रा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nidráH — sleep, slumber.

ನಿದ್ದೆ (Kannada): sleep, slumber

Definitions

  1. sleep, slumber

Ancestry of “ನಿದ್ದೆ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliniddāsleep
2Sanskritनिद्राsleep, slumber; to sleep
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*nidráHsleep, slumber
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nidráH →Every word from Sanskrit निद्रा →Every word from Pali niddā →