Where does “dáśati” come from?
dáśati (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian dáćati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dánćati, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
Ancestry of “dáśati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dáćati | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dánćati | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |
Words derived from “dáśati”