Where does “śil” come from?
śil (Romani) comes from Sanskrit शीत, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Ancestry of “śil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | शीत | cold |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -त | -ed |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -tás | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |