Where does “अन्तरात्मन्” come from?
अन्तरात्मन् (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit अन्तर, from Sanskrit अन्तरा, from Sanskrit आ, from Sanskrit धा, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰaH-.
अन्तरात्मन् (Sanskrit): the soul
Ancestry of “अन्तरात्मन्”, step by step
अन्तरात्मन् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit अन्तर
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अन्तर | being in the interior, interior; near, proximate,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अन्तरा | in the middle, between; among |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आ | separated form of आ-; With senses determined by... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | धा | to put, place, set, lay in or on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰaH- | — |
via Sanskrit आत्मन्
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | आत्मन् | breath; soul, life; self |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *HáHtmā | breath |