Where does “హత్య” come from?

హత్య (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit हत्या, from Sanskrit -त्या, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

హత్య (Telugu): murder

Definitions

  1. murder

Ancestry of “హత్య”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritहत्याkilling, slaying, slaughter, murder
2Sanskrit-त्या—
3Sanskrit-त-ed
4Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Sanskrit -त →Every word from Sanskrit -त्या →