Where does “मातृ” come from?

मातृ (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

मातृ (Sanskrit): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “मातृ”, step by step

मातृ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan máHtā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanmáHtā—
2Proto-Indo-IranianmáHtāmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́tar-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́tar-—

Words derived from “मातृ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian máHtā →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan máHtā →