Where does “मत्स्य” come from?

मत्स्य (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit पुराण, from Sanskrit -न, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

मत्स्य (Sanskrit): a fish; the first of ten avatars of the god...

Definitions

  1. a fish; the first of ten avatars of the god...

Ancestry of “मत्स्य”, step by step

मत्स्य traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit पुराण

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपुराणbelonging to ancient or olden times, ancient,...
2Sanskrit-नforms nouns from roots
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Proto-Indo-Aryan mátsyas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanmátsyas—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmátsyasfish

Words derived from “मत्स्य”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Sanskrit -न →