Where does “bồ tát” come from?
bồ tát (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 菩薩, from Chinese 菩提薩埵, from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व, from Sanskrit बोधि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan bawdʰíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bawdʰíš, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.
bồ tát (Vietnamese): a bodhisattva
Ancestry of “bồ tát”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Chinese | 菩薩 | bodhisattva; kind-hearted person; kind and... |
| 2 | Chinese | 菩提薩埵 | bodhisattva |
| 3 | Sanskrit | बोधिसत्त्व | bodhisattva; "one whose essence is perfect... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | बोधि | bodhi: perfect knowledge or wisdom , the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | bawdʰíṣ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bawdʰíš | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |