Where does “अधर” come from?
अधर (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hadʰáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hadʰáras, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dʰ-ér-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dʰér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dʰí, from Proto-Indo-European dʰe, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
अधर (Sanskrit): low; tending downwards; lower, inferior, vile;...
Definitions
- low; tending downwards; lower, inferior, vile;...
Ancestry of “अधर”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hadʰáras | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hadʰáras | low; inferior |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dʰ-ér-o-s | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dʰér | under, below |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dʰí | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰe | Locative particle, where |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |