Where does “तुच्छ” come from?
तुच्छ (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tuśćyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tušćyás, from Proto-Indo-European tus-sḱ-yós, from Proto-Indo-European tews-, from Proto-Indo-European tu- — to swell; bird-cry, shriek.
तुच्छ (Sanskrit): empty, vain, small, little, trifling; anything...
Definitions
- empty, vain, small, little, trifling; anything...
Ancestry of “तुच्छ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *tuśćyás | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *tušćyás | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tus-sḱ-yós | empty |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tews- | to be empty; to drain; to be happy |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tu- | to swell; bird-cry, shriek |
Words derived from “तुच्छ”