Where does “सामग्री” come from?

सामग्री (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit अग्र, from Sanskrit अङ्ग्, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.

सामग्री (Sanskrit): totality, entirety, completeness, especially a complete collection or assemblage of implements or materials, apparatus, baggage, goods and chattels, furniture, effects

Definitions

  1. totality, entirety, completeness, especially a complete collection or assemblage of implements or materials, apparatus, baggage, goods and chattels, furniture, effects

Ancestry of “सामग्री”, step by step

सामग्री traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit अग्र

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअग्रforemost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,...
2Sanskritअङ्ग्to go
3Sanskritइङ्ग्to agitate

via Sanskrit सम्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritसम्to be agitated or disturbed
2Sanskritआसto have been
3Proto-Indo-Europeansewh₁-to press, push

Words derived from “सामग्री

Every word from Sanskrit इङ्ग्Every word from Sanskrit अङ्ग्Every word from Sanskrit अग्र