Where does “स-” come from?
स- (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sa-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
स- (Sanskrit): with
Ancestry of “स-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *sa- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sa- | together, co- |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |