Where does “मोहरात्रि” come from?
मोहरात्रि (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit रात्रि, from Sanskrit रात्री, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HráHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁trih₂.
मोहरात्रि (Sanskrit): the night when the world is to be destroyed
Definitions
- the night when the world is to be destroyed
Ancestry of “मोहरात्रि”, step by step
मोहरात्रि traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit रात्रि
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | रात्रि | night |
| 2 | Sanskrit | रात्री | night |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HráHtriH | stillness of night |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁trih₂ | — |
via Sanskrit मोह
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | मोह | loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | máwǰʰas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mawǰʰ- ~ mawgʰ- | to err, to be foolish, to deviate |