Where does “ऊर्ध्व” come from?
ऊर्ध्व (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan r̥Hdʰwás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian r̥Hdʰwás, from Proto-Indo-European h₃r̥dʰ-wó-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
ऊर्ध्व (Sanskrit): rising or tending upwards, raised, elevated,...
Definitions
- rising or tending upwards, raised, elevated,...
Ancestry of “ऊर्ध्व”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | r̥Hdʰwás | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | r̥Hdʰwás | high, upright |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃r̥dʰ-wó-s | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “ऊर्ध्व”