Where does “ग्रह्” come from?

ग्रह् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan grabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ- — to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

ग्रह् (Sanskrit): to seize

Definitions

  1. to seize

Ancestry of “ग्रह्”, step by step

ग्रह् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan grabʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryangrabʰ-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrebʰ-to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

via Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*gʰrebh₂-to seize, grab

Words derived from “ग्रह्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan grabʰ- →