Where does “आदिदेव” come from?
आदिदेव (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit आदि, from Hindi आदा, from Prakrit *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅, from Sanskrit आर्द्रक, from Sanskrit आर्द्र — wet, moist, damp.
आदिदेव (Sanskrit): ‘the first god’
Ancestry of “आदिदेव”, step by step
आदिदेव traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit आदि
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | आदि | beginning; commencement |
| 2 | Hindi | आदा | ginger |
| 3 | Prakrit | *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | आर्द्रक | wet, moist; ginger |
| 5 | Sanskrit | आर्द्र | wet, moist, damp |
via Sanskrit देव
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | देव | heavenly, divine, also said of terrestrial things... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | daywás | god |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
Words derived from “आदिदेव”