Etymograph

English

Gita

Gita comes from Sanskrit गीता ‘song’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tósreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*giHtásreconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगीताgītā‘song’
  4. EnglishtodayGita

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tósreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*giHtásreconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगीताgītā‘song’
  4. EnglishtodayGita

The story

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā, “song”), sometimes in reference to Bhagavad Gita.

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós

Today it means

name A female given name from Sanskrit, used in India.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós / Gita

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