Where does “कच्छप” come from?

कच्छप (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.

कच्छप (Sanskrit): tortoise, turtle

Definitions

  1. tortoise, turtle

Ancestry of “कच्छप”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकश्यपa tortoise; having black teeth
2Proto-Indo-Aryankaśyápas—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankaćyápasturtle

Words derived from “कच्छप”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas →Every word from Sanskrit कश्यप →