Where does “dāsabya” come from?

dāsabya (Pali) comes from Pali dasa, from Sanskrit दश, from Sanskrit देश, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dayśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

dāsabya (Pali): slavery

Definitions

  1. slavery

Ancestry of “dāsabya”, step by step

dāsabya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali dasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palidasaten
2Sanskritदशten
3Sanskritदेशpoint, region, spot, place, part, portion;...
4Proto-Indo-Aryandayśáspoint, region, part; country, province
5Proto-Indo-Iraniandayćáspart, point; country
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Zhuang bya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangbyahill, mountain; fish
2Proto-Taiplaːᴬfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dayćás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dayśás →