Where does “पांड्या” come from?

पांड्या (Marathi) comes from Sanskrit पण्डित, from Sanskrit -इत, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

पांड्या (Marathi): a half-grown tiger

Definitions

  1. a half-grown tiger

Ancestry of “पांड्या”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपण्डितlearned, wise, shrewd, clever, skilful in,...
2Sanskrit-इतforms adjectives from nouns: -ed, having, furnished with
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Sanskrit -इत →Every word from Sanskrit पण्डित →