Where does “दस्यु” come from?

दस्यु (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian dásyuš, from Proto-Indo-European des- — to fray, exhaust, get tired, faint, unravel.

दस्यु (Sanskrit): impious man; barbarian

Definitions

  1. impious man; barbarian

Ancestry of “दस्यु”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniandásyuš—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandes-to fray, exhaust, get tired, faint, unravel

Words derived from “दस्यु”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European des- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dásyuš →