Where does “पृच्छति” come from?
पृच्छति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan pr̥śćáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥šćáti, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.
पृच्छति (Sanskrit): to ask, question, interrogate; to ask after...
Definitions
- to ask, question, interrogate; to ask after...
Ancestry of “पृच्छति”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pr̥śćáti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥šćáti | to ask |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥sḱéti | to keep asking, to question |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |
Words derived from “पृच्छति”