Where does “पृच्छा” come from?

पृच्छा (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit प्रछ्, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

पृच्छा (Sanskrit): question, inquiry

Definitions

  1. question, inquiry

Ancestry of “पृच्छा”, step by step

पृच्छा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit प्रछ्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritप्रछ्to ask, question, interrogate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via Indo-Aryan *pr̥śćaH

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-Aryan*pr̥śćaH—
2Indo-Iranian*pr̥sćaH—

Words derived from “पृच्छा”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Sanskrit प्रछ् →