Where does “देह” come from?

देह (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰáyȷ́ʰas, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

देह (Sanskrit): body; form, figure, shape; mass, bulk

Definitions

  1. body; form, figure, shape; mass, bulk

Ancestry of “देह”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰáyȷ́ʰas—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “देह”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰáyȷ́ʰas →