Where does “aññathā” come from?

aññathā (Pali) comes from Sanskrit अन्यथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HanyátʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hanyás, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en — there.

aññathā (Pali): otherwise

Definitions

  1. otherwise

Ancestry of “aññathā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअन्यथाotherwise; in another way
2Proto-Indo-IranianHanyátʰaHotherwise; or else
3Proto-Indo-IranianHanyásother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enthere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hanyás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian HanyátʰaH →