Where does “(s)páśyati” come from?
(s)páśyati (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian spáćyati, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
Ancestry of “(s)páśyati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | spáćyati | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
Words derived from “(s)páśyati”