English
Puri
Puri comes from Sanskrit पुरी ‘stronghold, fortress’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(t)pĺ̥Ht‘city, fortress, stronghold’next step skipped: Sanskrit पुर्
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपुरीpurī‘stronghold, fortress’
- Odiamodernପୁରୀpuri
- Englishearliest quotation 1925Puri
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(t)pĺ̥Ht‘city, fortress, stronghold’next step skipped: Sanskrit पुर्
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपुरीpurī‘stronghold, fortress’
- Odiamodernପୁରୀpuri
- Englishearliest quotation 1925Puri
Earliest quotation: 1925, B. C. Mazumdar, Orissa In The Making: “As to the local rulers of Eastern Orissa this…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H
Today it means
name A surname from Punjabi
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H / Puri