Where does “जतु” come from?
जतु (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́átu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰátu, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.
जतु (Sanskrit): lac; gum; resin
Ancestry of “जतु”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́átu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰátu | gum |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷét- | — |