Where does “आशा” come from?

आशा (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit आ॒शस्, from Sanskrit आ-, from Sanskrit आ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH.

आशा (Sanskrit): hope, expectation; desire, wish, prospect; a...

Definitions

  1. hope, expectation; desire, wish, prospect; a...

Ancestry of “आशा”, step by step

आशा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit आ॒शस्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritआ॒शस्—
2Sanskritआ-up, upon, on
3Sanskritआseparated form of आ-; With senses determined by...
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*HáH—

via Proto-Indo-Aryan ā́śā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanā́śā—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianā́ćāregion, space

Words derived from “आशा”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH →Every word from Sanskrit आ- →Every word from Sanskrit आ →