Where does “Taxila” come from?
Taxila (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Τάξιλα, from Sanskrit तक्षशिला, from Sanskrit शिला, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćHláH.
Ancestry of “Taxila”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Τάξιλα | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | तक्षशिला | Taxila |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शिला | stone, rock, crag; red arsenic; camphor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *ćHláH | — |