Where does “तक्षन्” come from?
तक्षन् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan táṭṣā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian táćšā, from Proto-Indo-European tétḱō, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.
तक्षन् (Sanskrit): a carpenter; a woodcutter
Definitions
- a carpenter; a woodcutter
Ancestry of “तक्षन्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | táṭṣā | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | táćšā | carpenter, woodcutter |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tétḱō | carpenter |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |