Where does “कठिनहृदय” come from?
कठिनहृदय (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit हृदय, from Proto-Indo-Aryan źʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.
कठिनहृदय (Sanskrit): "hard-hearted" cruel, unkind
Definitions
- "hard-hearted" cruel, unkind
Ancestry of “कठिनहृदय”, step by step
कठिनहृदय traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit हृदय
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | हृदय | the heart; soul, mind, spirit; the heart or... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | źʰŕ̥dayam | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam | heart |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |