Where does “तपस्” come from?

तपस् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian tápas, from Proto-Indo-European tépos, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.

तपस् (Sanskrit): warmth, heat; pain, suffering; religious...

Definitions

  1. warmth, heat; pain, suffering; religious...

Ancestry of “तपस्”, step by step

तपस् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian tápas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniantápasheat
2Proto-Indo-Europeantéposheat, warmth
3Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot

via Sanskrit तप्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतप्heat, be hot

Words derived from “तपस्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tépos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tápas →