Where does “कश्यप” come from?

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

कश्यप (Sanskrit): a tortoise; having black teeth

Definitions

  1. a tortoise; having black teeth

Ancestry of “कश्यप”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryankaśyápas—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniankaćyápasturtle

Words derived from “कश्यप”

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