English
Orissa
Orissa comes from Odia ଓଡ଼ିଶା, and goes back to Sanskrit ओड्रदेश.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEओड्रदेशliterally ‘land of the Odras’
- Odiamodernଓଡ଼ିଶାoṛiśā
- Englishearliest quotation 1765Orissa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEओड्रदेशliterally ‘land of the Odras’
- Odiamodernଓଡ଼ିଶାoṛiśā
- Englishearliest quotation 1765Orissa
Earliest quotation: 1765, John Zephaniah Holwell, Interesting Historical Events: “The firſt had conſtantly reſided with his father at…”
A compound of ओड्र ‘Odra’ + देश ‘land, country’
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱós ‘part, point, country’
Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayćás
Proto-Indo-Aryan *dayśás
Sanskrit देश ‘land, country’
The story
Borrowed from Odia ଓଡ଼ିଶା (oṛiśā), in turn Derived from Sanskrit ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa, literally “land of the Odras”), a compound of ओड्र (oḍra, “Odra”) + देश (deśa, “land, country”).
Every English word from Sanskrit ओड्रदेश
Today it means
name Former name of Odisha: A state in eastern India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit ओड्रदेश / Orissa