Etymograph

English

Pratham

Pratham comes from Sanskrit प्रथम ‘often translatable adverbially in the…’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pratamás ‘first, foremost’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward, leading’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pró‘toward, leading’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pro-tm̥mós‘foremost’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pratamás‘first, foremost’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*pratʰamásreconstructed
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEप्रथमprathama‘often translatable adverbially in the beginning of a compound’
  6. EnglishtodayPratham

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pró‘toward, leading’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pro-tm̥mós‘foremost’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pratamás‘first, foremost’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*pratʰamásreconstructed
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEप्रथमprathama‘often translatable adverbially in the beginning of a compound’
  6. EnglishtodayPratham

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward, leading’

pro, prior, prominent, proton, prolactin, 10 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 *pró / Pratham

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