Where does “पृथिवी” come from?

पृथिवी (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥tHwíH, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥th₂-éwih₂ — country.

पृथिवी (Sanskrit): the earth or the wide world

Definitions

  1. the earth or the wide world

Ancestry of “पृथिवी”, step by step

पृथिवी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥tHwíH

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianpr̥tHwíH—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥th₂-éwih₂country

via Pali pathavī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palipathavīearth

Words derived from “पृथिवी”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥th₂-éwih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥tHwíH →