Etymograph

English

Sankranti

Sankranti comes from Sanskrit संक्रान्ति ‘transference, going from one place to another,…’, from क्रम् ‘to step, walk, go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krā́mHti ‘to stride, go’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*krā́mHti‘to stride, go’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्रम्kram‘to step, walk, go’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEक्रान्ति‘going, proceeding, step’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसंक्रान्तिsaṃkrānti‘transference, going from one place to another, course or passage of entry into something’
  5. EnglishtodaySankranti

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*krā́mHti‘to stride, go’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्रम्kram‘to step, walk, go’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEक्रान्ति‘going, proceeding, step’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसंक्रान्तिsaṃkrānti‘transference, going from one place to another, course or passage of entry into something’
  5. EnglishtodaySankranti

Every English word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krā́mHti

Today it means

noun The transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi (constellation of the zodiac) to the next.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-Iranian *krā́mHti / Sankranti

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