Where does “पश्चिम” come from?
पश्चिम (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit पश्चा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁.
पश्चिम (Sanskrit): west, western
Ancestry of “पश्चिम”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | पश्चा | behind; after, later; westward |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pasčaH | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *pos-kʷéh₁ | — |
Words derived from “पश्चिम”