Where does “अद्” come from?

अद् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Had-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éd- — to eat.

अद् (Sanskrit): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “अद्”, step by step

अद् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian Had-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHad-to eat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éd-to eat

via Proto-Dravidian a-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidiana-that, that there

Words derived from “अद्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Had- →