Where does “तथास्तु” come from?
तथास्तु (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit अस्तु, from Sanskrit अस्ति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hásti, from Sanskrit हस्तिन्, from Sanskrit हस्त, from Proto-Indo-Aryan źʰástas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰés-to- — hand; take, give in exchange.
तथास्तु (Sanskrit): so be it, let it be done
Definitions
- so be it, let it be done
Ancestry of “तथास्तु”, step by step
तथास्तु traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit अस्तु
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अस्तु | let it be, be it so, okay |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अस्ति | to be; to live; to exist, be present |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hásti | to be |
| 4 | Sanskrit | हस्तिन् | an elephant |
| 5 | Sanskrit | हस्त | the hand; an elephant's trunk; the forearm |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | źʰástas | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰástas | hand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰés-to- | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰes- | hand; take, give in exchange |
via Sanskrit तथा
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | तथा | in that manner |
| 2 | Sanskrit | यथा | in which manner or way, according as, as, like |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HyátʰaH | in which way, as, in which manner |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |