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Where does “सपत्नी” come from?

सपत्नी (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian sapátniH, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥pótnih₂ — co-wife.

सपत्नी (Sanskrit): a co-wife, another wife of one’s husband; a wife...

Definitions

  1. a co-wife, another wife of one’s husband; a wife...

Ancestry of “सपत्नी”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IraniansapátniHco-wife
2Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥pótnih₂co-wife
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