Where does “यति” come from?
यति (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit यत्, from Old Turkic yat-, from Proto-Indo-European yet- — to establish oneself, place firmly.
यति (Sanskrit): a disposer; ‘a striver’, an ascetic, devotee, one...
Definitions
- a disposer; ‘a striver’, an ascetic, devotee, one...
Ancestry of “यति”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | यत् | to place in order, marshal, join, connect; to... |
| 2 | Old Turkic | yat- | to bend, incline; to lie |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | yet- | to establish oneself, place firmly |