See also: वंश

Sanskrit edit

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wíṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíćš, from Proto-Indo-European *wiḱs (village, household).

Cognate with Latin vīcus, Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, house), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs, village, place), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯 (vīs), Albanian vis (place, land, country).

Noun edit

विश् (víś) stemf

  1. settlement, house
  2. community, people, tribe
  3. wealth
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Etymology 2 edit

Denominalized root derived from Etymology 1.

Alternative forms edit

Root edit

विश् (viś)

  1. to enter, enter in or settle down on, go into, pervade
  2. to be absorbed into
  3. (astronomy) to come into conjunction with
  4. (with अग्निम्, ज्वलनम् etc.) to enter the fire (i.e. ascend the funeral pyre)
  5. (with अपस्) to sink or be immersed in the water
  6. to enter (a house etc.)
  7. to appear (on the stage)
  8. to go home or to rest
  9. to sit down upon
  10. to resort or betake one's self to
  11. (of rivers and armies etc.) to flow into (and join with)
  12. to flow or redound to, fall to the share of
  13. to occur to (as a thought)
  14. to befall, come to (as death)
  15. to belong to, exist for
  16. to fall or get into any state or condition
  17. to enter upon, undertake, begin
  18. to mind (any business), attend to
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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899), “विश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0989/1-2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 560-1; 584