Where does “tāp-” come from?

tāp- (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.

tāp- (Proto-Iranian): to twist, wind

Definitions

  1. to twist, wind

Ancestry of “tāp-”, step by step

tāp- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniantāpásheat
2Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot

via Proto-Indo-European temp-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

Words derived from “tāp-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás →