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Shrishti

Shrishti comes from Sanskrit सृष्टि ‘emission, distribution’, from सृष्ट ‘discharged, thrown, brought forth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*selǵ-‘to throw away, pour out, release, set free’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसृज्sṛj‘to flow, glide, push, go’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसृष्टsṛṣṭa‘discharged, thrown, brought forth’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसृष्टिsṛṣṭi‘emission, distribution’
  5. EnglishtodayShrishti

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*selǵ-‘to throw away, pour out, release, set free’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसृज्sṛj‘to flow, glide, push, go’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसृष्टsṛṣṭa‘discharged, thrown, brought forth’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसृष्टिsṛṣṭi‘emission, distribution’
  5. EnglishtodayShrishti

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- ‘to throw away, pour out, release, set free’

sulk, 1 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 *selǵ- / Shrishti

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