Where does “अगाध” come from?
अगाध (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit गाध, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂- — to step.
अगाध (Sanskrit): not shallow, deep, unfathomable; hole, chasm
Definitions
- not shallow, deep, unfathomable; hole, chasm
Ancestry of “अगाध”, step by step
अगाध traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit गाध
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | गाध | bottom, ford, shallows, standing-ground in water |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeh₂- | to step |
via Sanskrit अ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अ | A vocative particle; o, oh; An interjection of... |