Where does “हृदय” come from?

हृदय (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan źʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

हृदय (Sanskrit): the heart; soul, mind, spirit; the heart or...

Definitions

  1. the heart; soul, mind, spirit; the heart or...

Ancestry of “हृदय”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanźʰŕ̥dayam—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰŕ̥dayamheart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “हृदय”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan źʰŕ̥dayam →