Where does “पृथ्वी” come from?

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

पृथ्वी (Sanskrit): the Earth; earth; Mother Earth

Definitions

  1. the Earth; earth; Mother Earth

Ancestry of “पृथ्वी”, step by step

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

Words derived from “पृथ्वी”

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