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Where does “पद्यते” come from?

पद्यते (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan pádyatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pádyati, from Proto-Indo-European péd-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

पद्यते (Sanskrit): to fall, topple; to perish; to participate in, go...

Definitions

  1. to fall, topple; to perish; to participate in, go...

Ancestry of “पद्यते”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanpádyatay—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpádyatito move, go; to fall
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéd-ye-ti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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