Where does “क्षप्” come from?

क्षप् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European kʷséps — night.

क्षप् (Sanskrit): night; a measure of time equivalent to a whole...

Definitions

  1. night; a measure of time equivalent to a whole...

Ancestry of “क्षप्”, step by step

क्षप् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáps

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniankšápsnight
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷsépsnight

via Sanskrit क्षि

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritक्षिto destroy, corrupt, ruin, make an end
2Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “क्षप्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷséps →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáps →