Where does “وَتہِ پؠٹھ بِہُن” come from?
وَتہِ پؠٹھ بِہُن (Kashmiri) comes from Kashmiri وَتھ, from Sanskrit वर्त्मन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wártma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wártma, from Proto-Indo-European wért-mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
وَتہِ پؠٹھ بِہُن (Kashmiri): to sit on the road
Definitions
- to sit on the road
Ancestry of “وَتہِ پؠٹھ بِہُن”, step by step
وَتہِ پؠٹھ بِہُن traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kashmiri وَتھ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kashmiri | وَتھ | a road |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वर्त्मन् | the track or rut of a wheel; path, road, way,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | wártma | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wártma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wért-mn̥ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Urdu بہن
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | بہن | sister; female cousin; term of address to a woman |
| 2 | Sanskrit | भगिनी | sister; any woman; wife |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भग | "dispenser", gracious lord, patron; Bhaga; the... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰagás | portion, part, share, allotment; fate, destiny;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰh₂g-ó-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂g- | to divide, distribute, allot |