Where does “ताप” come from?

ताप (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.

ताप (Sanskrit): heating; heat, pain, torment

Definitions

  1. heating; heat, pain, torment

Ancestry of “ताप”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniantāpásheat
2Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot

Words derived from “ताप

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tep-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tāpás