Etymograph

English

Harshit

Harshit comes from Sanskrit हर्षित ‘delighted, joyful, cheerful’, from हर्ष ‘bristling, erection’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- ‘rigid, stiff’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰers-‘rigid, stiff’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEहृष्hṛṣ‘to be excited’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEहर्ष‘bristling, erection’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEहर्षितharṣita‘delighted, joyful, cheerful’
  5. EnglishtodayHarshit

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰers-‘rigid, stiff’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEहृष्hṛṣ‘to be excited’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEहर्ष‘bristling, erection’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEहर्षितharṣita‘delighted, joyful, cheerful’
  5. EnglishtodayHarshit

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- ‘rigid, stiff’

horror, horrid, abhorrent, abhor, 7 more

Today it means

name A male given name from Sanskrit, common in India

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- / Harshit

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