Where does “अंशु” come from?
अंशु (Sanskrit) comes from Latin Ansus, from Latin Hansa, from Old High German hansa, from Proto-Germanic *hansu, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
अंशु (Sanskrit): filament, stalk; kind of Soma libation; thread
Definitions
- filament, stalk; kind of Soma libation; thread
Ancestry of “अंशु”, step by step
अंशु traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Ansus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Ansus | Hanse: a commercial association of Scottish free burghs; their legal privileges and monopolies |
| 2 | Latin | Hansa | a Hanse; a commercial or military alliance of cities such as formerly existed in northern Europe |
| 3 | Old High German | hansa | group; community; guild |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *hansu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Proto-Indo-Iranian Hanćúš
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hanćúš | the soma plant |