Where does “वाक्पटु” come from?
वाक्पटु (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit वाच्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wā́kš, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
वाक्पटु (Sanskrit): skilled in speech, eloquent, silver-tongued
Definitions
- skilled in speech, eloquent, silver-tongued
Ancestry of “वाक्पटु”, step by step
वाक्पटु traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit वाच्
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | वाच् | speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.) |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wā́kš | speech, voice; sound? |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |