Etymograph

English

Prashansa

Prashansa comes from Sanskrit प्रशंसा ‘praise, commendation, fame, glory’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćánsas ‘proclamation, declaration, judgement’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱens-‘to announce, to proclaim’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱéns-o-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*ćánsas‘proclamation, declaration, judgement’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*śánsasreconstructed
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशंस॑śáṃsa
  6. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEशंसा॑śáṃsā
  7. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रशंसाpraśaṃsā‘praise, commendation, fame, glory’
  8. EnglishtodayPrashansa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱens-‘to announce, to proclaim’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱéns-o-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*ćánsas‘proclamation, declaration, judgement’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*śánsasreconstructed
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशंस॑śáṃsa
  6. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEशंसा॑śáṃsā
  7. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रशंसाpraśaṃsā‘praise, commendation, fame, glory’
  8. EnglishtodayPrashansa

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- ‘to announce, to proclaim’

census, charm, cosmic, cosmetic, cosmos, censor, censure, cosmetology, 12 more

Today it means

name A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- / Prashansa

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