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Prashant

Prashant comes from Sanskrit प्रशान्त ‘calm’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- ‘to become tired’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱemh₂-‘to become tired’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशम्śam‘to become tired, finish, stop, come to an end, rest, be quiet, calm’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEशान्तśāntá‘calm’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रशान्तpraśānta‘calm’
  5. EnglishtodayPrashant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱemh₂-‘to become tired’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशम्śam‘to become tired, finish, stop, come to an end, rest, be quiet, calm’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEशान्तśāntá‘calm’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रशान्तpraśānta‘calm’
  5. EnglishtodayPrashant

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- ‘to become tired’

coma, comet, shanti, 4 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 *ḱemh₂- / Prashant

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