Where does “मति” come from?

मति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian matíš, from Proto-Indo-European mn̥tís, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

मति (Sanskrit): devotion, prayer, worship, hymn, sacred...

Definitions

  1. devotion, prayer, worship, hymn, sacred...

Ancestry of “मति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmatíšthought
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmn̥tís—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
4Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “मति”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mn̥tís →