Where does “saptá” come from?

saptá (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian saptá, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

Ancestry of “saptá”, step by step

saptá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian saptá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniansaptáseven
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

via Indo-Iranian *saptá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-Iranian*saptá

Words derived from “saptá

Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian saptá