Where does “dadāti” come from?
dadāti (Pali) comes from Sanskrit ददाति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
dadāti (Pali): to give; to offer; to allow
Definitions
- to give; to offer; to allow
Ancestry of “dadāti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | ददाति | to give, bestow, grant, yield, impart, present,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | dádaHti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dádaHti | to give |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |