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Where does “kaśyápas” come from?

kaśyápas (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.

Ancestry of “kaśyápas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniankaćyápasturtle
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas →