Where does “अस्” come from?

अस् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

अस् (Sanskrit): to be; to throw

Definitions

  1. to be; to throw

Ancestry of “अस्”, step by step

अस् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

via Proto-Indo-Iranian *has-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*has-—

Words derived from “अस्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →