English
sutra
Sutra comes from Sanskrit सूत्र ‘thread, yarn, string’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *syewH- ‘to sew’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*syewH-‘to sew’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*syúHtromreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*s(y)úHtramreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसूत्रsū́tra‘thread, yarn, string’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010sutra
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*syewH-‘to sew’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*syúHtromreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*s(y)úHtramreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसूत्रsū́tra‘thread, yarn, string’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010sutra
Earliest quotation: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction): “Shepard: This Code of the Justicar seems central to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *syewH- ‘to sew’
sew, seam, hymen, suture, souter, 7 more
through Sanskrit सूत्र ‘thread, yarn, string’
Today it means
noun A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *syewH- / sutra