Where does “adhikamāsa” come from?
adhikamāsa (Pali) comes from Pali adhika, from Sanskrit अधिक, from Sanskrit अधि, from Sanskrit इ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.
Ancestry of “adhikamāsa”, step by step
adhikamāsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Pali adhika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | adhika | exceeding; superior |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अधिक | additional, subsequent, supernumerary, redundant,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अधि | over, above |
| 4 | Sanskrit | इ | to go |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éy- | he, this |
via Pali māsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | māsa | a month; mungo bean, black matpe bean, "Vigna... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | माष | any Old World bean; urad |