Where does “प्रथम” come from?
प्रथम (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan pratʰamás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pratamás, from Proto-Indo-European pro-tm̥mós, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
प्रथम (Sanskrit): foremost, first; earliest, primary, original,...
Definitions
- foremost, first; earliest, primary, original,...
Ancestry of “प्रथम”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pratʰamás | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pratamás | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-tm̥mós | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “प्रथम”