Where does “pŕ̥ṣants” come from?
pŕ̥ṣants (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian pŕ̥šants, from Proto-Indo-European pérs-ont-s ~ pŕ̥s-ont-s, from Proto-Indo-European pers- — to sprinkle, to spatter.
Ancestry of “pŕ̥ṣants”, step by step
Words derived from “pŕ̥ṣants”