Etymology Explorer โ€บ Prakrit

Where does โ€œ๐‘€‡๐‘€๐‘†๐‘€๐‘€ธโ€ come from?

๐‘€‡๐‘€๐‘†๐‘€๐‘€ธ (Prakrit) comes from Sanskrit *เค‡เคทเฅเคŸเคพ, from Sanskrit เค‡เคทเฅเคŸเค•เคพ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hiลกt- โ€” brick.

Ancestry of โ€œ๐‘€‡๐‘€๐‘†๐‘€๐‘€ธโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit*เค‡เคทเฅเคŸเคพโ€”
2Sanskritเค‡เคทเฅเคŸเค•เคพbrick; bakestone
3Proto-Indo-IranianHiลกt-brick
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hiลกt- โ†’