Where does “paccāgacchati” come from?
paccāgacchati (Pali) comes from Sanskrit प्रत्यागच्छति, from Sanskrit आगच्छति, from Sanskrit गच्छति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gasćáti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.
paccāgacchati (Pali): to fall back on, return again, to go back to
Definitions
- to fall back on, return again, to go back to
Ancestry of “paccāgacchati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | प्रत्यागच्छति | to come back again, return |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आगच्छति | to come — to move from further away to nearer to |
| 3 | Sanskrit | गच्छति | to go, move, go away, set out, come; to go to or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gasćáti | to step, go |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥sḱéti | to be walking; to come, to be coming |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |