Where does “प्रथमपुरुष” come from?

प्रथमपुरुष (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit प्रथम, 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.

प्रथमपुरुष (Sanskrit): third person, but literally the "first person" in Sanskrit grammar tradition

Definitions

  1. third person, but literally the "first person" in Sanskrit grammar tradition

Ancestry of “प्रथमपुरुष”, step by step

प्रथमपुरुष traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit प्रथम

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritप्रथमforemost, first; earliest, primary, original,...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanpratʰamás—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianpratamásfirst
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-tm̥mós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Sanskrit पुरुष

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपुरुषman, male, human being; person, officer,...
2Proto-Indo-Aryan*pŕ̥Hṣas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanperh₃-to provide; bestow, give; to grant

Words derived from “प्रथमपुरुष”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →