Where does “व्यन्तर” come from?
व्यन्तर (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit अन्तर, from Sanskrit अन्तरा, from Sanskrit आ, from Sanskrit धा, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰaH-.
व्यन्तर (Sanskrit): a kind of snake
Ancestry of “व्यन्तर”, step by step
व्यन्तर traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit अन्तर
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अन्तर | being in the interior, interior; near, proximate,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अन्तरा | in the middle, between; among |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आ | separated form of आ-; With senses determined by... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | धा | to put, place, set, lay in or on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰaH- | — |
via Sanskrit वि
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | वि | apart; asunder; in different directions |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | wí | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wí | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |