Where does “sarpás” come from?

sarpás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian sarpás, from Proto-Indo-European serp-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

Ancestry of “sarpás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniansarpássnake
2Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-ó-s
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp-ó-sEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sarpás