Where does “सरित” come from?
सरित (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit स, from Sanskrit इ, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.
सरित (Sanskrit): flowing
Ancestry of “सरित”, step by step
सरित traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit स
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | स | an anapest; a snake; air, wind |
| 2 | Sanskrit | इ | to go |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éy- | he, this |
via Proto-Indo-European sēr-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | sēr- | to flow |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
Words derived from “सरित”