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

  1. low; tending downwards; lower, inferior, vile;...

Ancestry of “अधर”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanHadʰáras—
2Proto-Indo-IranianHadʰáraslow; inferior
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥dʰ-ér-o-s—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥dʰérunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥dʰíunder, below
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰeLocative particle, where
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “अधर”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥dʰí →