Where does “रिक्त” come from?

रिक्त (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian riktás, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

रिक्त (Sanskrit): empty, vacant, hollow, void; idle, worthless,...

Definitions

  1. empty, vacant, hollow, void; idle, worthless,...

Ancestry of “रिक्त”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianriktásempty, abandoned, void
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave

Words derived from “रिक्त”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian riktás →