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Where does “यातु” come from?

यातु (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian yaHtúš, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁-tú-s, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁- — do, make, act vigorously; to do, make, act...

यातु (Sanskrit): witchcraft, black magic; a kind of evil spirit,...

Definitions

  1. witchcraft, black magic; a kind of evil spirit,...

Ancestry of “यातु”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianyaHtúšsorcery, witchcraft, black-magic
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁-tú-ssorcery
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁-do, make, act vigorously; to do, make, act...
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