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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

Definitions

  1. causative of नश्यति

Ancestry of “नाशयति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryannāśáyati—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannāćáyati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeannoḱ-éye-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear
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