Where does “एतद्” come from?

एतद् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

एतद् (Sanskrit): this, this here; sometimes used to give emphasis...

Definitions

  1. this, this here; sometimes used to give emphasis...

Ancestry of “एतद्”, step by step

एतद् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European tód

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
2Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Proto-Indo-European éy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—

Words derived from “एतद्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →