Where does “pucchati” come from?

pucchati (Pali) comes from Sanskrit पृच्छति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pr̥śćáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥šćáti, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

pucchati (Pali): to ask

Definitions

  1. to ask

Ancestry of “pucchati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपृच्छतिto ask, question, interrogate; to ask after...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanpr̥śćáti—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianpr̥šćátito ask
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥sḱétito keep asking, to question
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti →