Etymograph

English

Keerthi

Keerthi comes from Tamil கீர்த்தி ‘a female given name, Keerthi, from Sanskrit’, from Sanskrit कीर्ति ‘mention, making mention of, speech, report’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥H-tí-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kr̥H-tí-sreconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकीर्ति‘mention, making mention of, speech, report’
  3. Tamilmodernகீர்த்திkīrtti‘a female given name, Keerthi, from Sanskrit’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2017Keerthi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kr̥H-tí-sreconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकीर्ति‘mention, making mention of, speech, report’
  3. Tamilmodernகீர்த்திkīrtti‘a female given name, Keerthi, from Sanskrit’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2017Keerthi

Earliest quotation: 2017, Arun K Nair, Murderous Greed: “Keerthi was waiting inside to meet him. She had…”

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