Where does “इष्टका” come from?

इष्टका (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hišt- — brick.

इष्टका (Sanskrit): brick; bakestone

Definitions

  1. brick; bakestone

Ancestry of “इष्टका”, step by step

इष्टका traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian Hišt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHišt-brick

via Proto-Indo-Iranian ištaH

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianištaHbrick

Words derived from “इष्टका

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hišt-