Where does “अद्” come from?
अद् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Had-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éd-.
अद् (Sanskrit): to eat
Ancestry of “अद्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Had- | to eat |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éd- | — |