Where does “नाशयति” come from?
नाशयति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan nāśáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian nāćáyati, from Proto-Indo-European noḱ-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.
नाशयति (Sanskrit): causative of नश्यति
Ancestry of “नाशयति”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | nāśáyati | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | nāćáyati | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | noḱ-éye-ti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱ- | to perish, disappear |