Where does “प्रतिगच्छति” come from?

प्रतिगच्छति (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit प्रति, from Pali kamma, from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

प्रतिगच्छति (Sanskrit): to return

Definitions

to return

Ancestry of “प्रतिगच्छति”, step by step

प्रतिगच्छति traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit प्रति

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	प्रति	towards; back; against
2	Pali	kamma	doing, deed, action; work, occupation; karma
3	Sanskrit	कर्मन्	act, action, performance, business; office,...
4	Proto-Indo-Aryan	kárma	—
5	Proto-Indo-Iranian	kárma	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	kʷer-	to do; to make; to build

via Sanskrit गच्छति

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	गच्छति	to go, move, go away, set out, come; to go to or...
2	Proto-Indo-Iranian	gasćáti	to step, go
3	Proto-Indo-European	gʷm̥sḱéti	to be walking; to come, to be coming
4	Proto-Indo-European	gʷem-	to step

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