Etymograph

English

Prasanna

Prasanna comes from Sanskrit प्रसन्न ‘happy, joyful’, from प्रसद् ‘to become clear and bright’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसद्‘to sit down’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रसद्prasad‘to become clear and bright’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रसन्नprasanna‘happy, joyful’
  5. EnglishtodayPrasanna

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसद्‘to sit down’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रसद्prasad‘to become clear and bright’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रसन्नprasanna‘happy, joyful’
  5. EnglishtodayPrasanna

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, method, session, chair, resident, settle, nest, possess, siege, assess, niche, exodus, reside, subsidy, saddle, residue, residual, sediment, sedan, nye, insidious, sedentary, dissident, beset, cathode, soot, sedative, setter, obsess, sedate, anode, chaise, sessile, presidio, 97 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 *sed- / Prasanna

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