Where does “प्रसन्न” come from?

प्रसन्न (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit प्रसद्, from Sanskrit सद्, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

प्रसन्न (Sanskrit): happy, cheerful; kindly disposed towards; lucid,...

Definitions

  1. happy, cheerful; kindly disposed towards; lucid,...

Ancestry of “प्रसन्न”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritप्रसद्to fall into the power of
2Sanskritसद्to sit down
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “प्रसन्न”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Sanskrit सद् →Every word from Sanskrit प्रसद् →