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Where does “dukkhanirodha” come from?

dukkhanirodha (Pali) comes from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit दुःख, from Sanskrit दुस्-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan duš-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian duš-, from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.

dukkhanirodha (Pali): destruction of suffering

Definitions

  1. destruction of suffering

Ancestry of “dukkhanirodha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palidukkhasuffering, discontent, dissatisfaction
2Sanskritदुःखsorrow, distress, suffering, grief, misery,...
3Sanskritदुस्-a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs ...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanduš-—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianduš-bad
6Proto-Indo-Europeandus-bad
7Proto-Indo-Europeandēwǝ-to fail, be behind, be lacking
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