Etymograph

English

Gandhi

Gandhi comes from Gujarati ગાંધી ‘grocer, merchant’, from Sanskrit गन्ध ‘perfume’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰ- ‘to smell’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*g(ʰ)andʰ-‘to smell’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगन्धgandha‘perfume’
  3. Gujaratimodernગાંધીgāndhī‘grocer, merchant’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2008Gandhi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*g(ʰ)andʰ-‘to smell’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगन्धgandha‘perfume’
  3. Gujaratimodernગાંધીgāndhī‘grocer, merchant’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2008Gandhi

Earliest quotation: 2008, 1935, With the Conviction of Independence: “No young Koreans in Jilin accepted Gandhi’s theory. No…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰ-

Today it means

name A surname from India used by Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Sikh people throughout India.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-Iranian *g(ʰ)andʰ- / Gandhi

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