Where does “ほとけ” come from?

ほとけ (Old Japanese) comes from Proto-Korean Pwutukye, from Sanskrit बुद्ध, from Proto-Indo-Aryan buddʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

ほとけ (Old Japanese): carving, image, statue, or other likeness of a buddha

Definitions

  1. carving, image, statue, or other likeness of a buddha

Ancestry of “ほとけ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-KoreanPwutukye—
2Sanskritबुद्धawake; enlightened, conscious, intelligent,...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanbuddʰás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianbʰudᶻdʰásaware, awake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰtósaware
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

Words derived from “ほとけ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰtós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰudᶻdʰás →