Where does “tipiṭaka” come from?

tipiṭaka (Pali) comes from Sanskrit त्रिपिटक, from Sanskrit त्रि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tipiṭaka (Pali): Any of several canons of Buddhist scriptures

Definitions

  1. Any of several canons of Buddhist scriptures

Ancestry of “tipiṭaka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritत्रिपिटकThree Baskets
2Sanskritत्रिthree
3Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
4Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tipiṭaka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas →