Where does “ऋषि” come from?

ऋषि (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian (H)rši-.

ऋषि (Sanskrit): A rishi: a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired...

Definitions

  1. A rishi: a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired...

Ancestry of “ऋषि”, step by step

ऋषि traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian (H)rši-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian(H)rši-—

via Proto-Indo-Iranian r̥šíš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianr̥šíšseer

Words derived from “ऋषि”

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