Where does “सा” come from?
सा (Old Marathi) comes from Sanskrit षष्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
Ancestry of “सा”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | षष् | six |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ṣwáṭṣ | six |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | šwáćš | six |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |