Where does “ādāsa” come from?
ādāsa (Pali) comes from Sanskrit आदर्श, from Sanskrit दृश्, from Sanskrit -यते, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ādāsa (Pali): mirror
Ancestry of “ādāsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | आदर्श | mirror |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दृश् | see, look |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -यते | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |