Where does “यभ्” come from?

यभ् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hyabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hyabʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃yebʰ- — to copulate, have sex.

यभ् (Sanskrit): to have sexual intercourse, to copulate

Definitions

  1. to have sexual intercourse, to copulate

Ancestry of “यभ्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanHyabʰ-—
2Proto-Indo-IranianHyabʰ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃yebʰ-to copulate, have sex
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃yebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hyabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hyabʰ- →