Where does “चीठी” come from?

चीठी (Maithili) comes from Sanskrit *चिष्ट, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćiṣṭás — message.

चीठी (Maithili): letter message

Definitions

  1. letter message

Ancestry of “चीठी”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit*चिष्टmessage
2Proto-Indo-Aryanćiṣṭásmessage
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćiṣṭás →Every word from Sanskrit *चिष्ट →