Where does “दा” come from?

दा (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian daH-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

दा (Sanskrit): a giver; to give; to cut, reap, divide, mow

Definitions

  1. a giver; to give; to cut, reap, divide, mow

Ancestry of “दा”, step by step

दा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian daH-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IraniandaH-give
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Proto-Indo-European deh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₁-to bind

Words derived from “दा”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian daH- →