Where does “अष्टाध्यायी” come from?

अष्टाध्यायी (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit अष्ट, from Proto-Indo-Aryan aṣṭā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian aštā́, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

अष्टाध्यायी (Sanskrit): Literary meaning "eight chapters"; the earliest known grammar of Sanskrit, and one of the first works on descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, or linguistics altogether

Definitions

  1. Literary meaning "eight chapters"; the earliest known grammar of Sanskrit, and one of the first works on descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, or linguistics altogether

Ancestry of “अष्टाध्यायी”, step by step

अष्टाध्यायी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit अष्ट

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअष्टeight
2Proto-Indo-Aryanaṣṭā́—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianaštā́—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

via Sanskrit अध्याय

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअध्यायlesson, lecture; chapter, reading; the time for a...
2Sanskritअधिover, above
3Sanskritइto go
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this

Words derived from “अष्टाध्यायी”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian aštā́ →