Where does “गुफा” come from?

गुफा (Nepali) comes from Ashokan Prakrit ??????, from Sanskrit गुहा, from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.

गुफा (Nepali): cave

Definitions

  1. cave

Ancestry of “गुफा”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ashokan Prakrit??????cave
2Sanskritगुहाhiding place, cave, cavern
3Sanskritगुह्a hiding place, cave, den, lair
4Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰawȷ́ʰ-to hide, conceal
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit गुह् →Every word from Sanskrit गुहा →