Etymograph

English

Hydaspes

Hydaspes comes from Ancient Greek Ὑδάσπης, and goes back to Sanskrit वितस्ता.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवितस्ताvitastā
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὙδάσπηςHudáspēs
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHydaspēs
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2012Hydaspes

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवितस्ताvitastā
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὙδάσπηςHudáspēs
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHydaspēs
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2012Hydaspes

Earliest quotation: 2012, Lee L. Brice, Hydaspes, Battle of the: “In 326, after fighting his way across the various…”

The story

Borrowed from Latin Hydaspēs, from Ancient Greek Ὑδάσπης (Hudáspēs), itself from Sanskrit वितस्ता (vitastā), also proposed to have been borrowed from Old Persian *Vidāspaʰ (literally “caring for horses”), from *vīd- (‘to take care of’) + 𐎠𐎿𐎱 (a-s-p, “horse”) to explain the development -sp- instead of -st-, but this has no basis in any attested names for the river.

Every English word from Sanskrit वितस्ता

Today it means

name The river Jhelum, on the Indian subcontinent, especially as the location of a battle fought by Alexander the Great against King Porus in 326 BCE.

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

Etymograph / Sanskrit वितस्ता / Hydaspes

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