Where does “pucchā” come from?

pucchā (Pali) comes from Sanskrit पृच्छा, from Sanskrit प्रछ्, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

pucchā (Pali): interrogation; question

Definitions

  1. interrogation; question

Ancestry of “pucchā”, step by step

pucchā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit पृच्छा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपृच्छाquestion, inquiry
2Sanskritप्रछ्to ask, question, interrogate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via Sanskrit पुच्छ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपुच्छtail; hind-part
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpúsćastail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱsos—

Words derived from “pucchā”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Sanskrit प्रछ् →