Where does โ€œ๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธโ€ come from?

๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธ (Prakrit) comes from Prakrit ๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€†, from Ashokan Prakrit ๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ธ, from Sanskrit เค›เคพเคฏเคพ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ล›ฤ‡aHyรกH, from Proto-Indo-European (s)แธฑehโ‚ƒihโ‚‚, from Proto-Indo-European (s)แธฑehโ‚ƒ- โ€” darkness, shadow.

Ancestry of โ€œ๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธโ€, step by step

๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Prakrit ๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€†

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Prakrit๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€†shade, shadow
2Ashokan Prakrit๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ธshade, shadow
3Sanskritเค›เคพเคฏเคพshadow; shade; shady place; reflection; shading...
4Proto-Indo-Iranianล›ฤ‡aHyรกHshade, shadow
5Proto-Indo-European(s)แธฑehโ‚ƒihโ‚‚shadow, shade
6Proto-Indo-European(s)แธฑehโ‚ƒ-darkness, shadow

via Prakrit ๐‘€†๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Prakrit๐‘€†๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธโ€”

Words derived from โ€œ๐‘€™๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€ธโ€

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)แธฑehโ‚ƒ- โ†’Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)แธฑehโ‚ƒihโ‚‚ โ†’Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ล›ฤ‡aHyรกH โ†’