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Kshitij
Kshitij comes from Sanskrit क्षितिज ‘horizon’, from क्षिति ‘earth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- ‘to sire, beget’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teḱ-‘to sire, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱéyti‘to settle, to populate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to settle’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱéytisreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*ćšítišreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*ṭṣítiṣreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्षितिkṣiti‘earth’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEक्षितिजkṣitija‘horizon’
- EnglishtodayKshitij
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teḱ-‘to sire, beget’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱéyti‘to settle, to populate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to settle’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱéytisreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*ćšítišreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*ṭṣítiṣreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्षितिkṣiti‘earth’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEक्षितिजkṣitija‘horizon’
- EnglishtodayKshitij
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- ‘to sire, beget’
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to settle’
post, site, purpose, position, situation, positive, suppose, homeless, opponent, compound, propose, expose, impose, hamlet, dispose, bohemian, compose, consolation, repository, proponent, exponent, homely, posit, expound, situate, pone, hame, situs, 69 more
Today it means
name A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- / Kshitij