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Indic
Indic comes from Latin indicus ‘Indian, Indic’, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός ‘the Indus river’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš.
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*síndʰuš‘river’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*híndušreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEhiⁿdūštransliteratedoriginal script hiⁿdūš, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸνδός‘the Indus river’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸνδία
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἰνδικόςindikós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindicus‘Indian, Indic’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983Indic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*síndʰuš‘river’reconstructed
- Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*híndušreconstructed
- Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEhiⁿdūštransliteratedoriginal script hiⁿdūš, a transliteration
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸνδός‘the Indus river’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἸνδία
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἰνδικόςindikós
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindicus‘Indian, Indic’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983Indic
Earliest quotation: 1983, Philip Baldi, An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages: “Second, it is the only group that directly attests…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek Ἰνδία
Today it means
name A branch of the Indo-European family of languages comprising Sanskrit and its modern descendants such as Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš / Indic