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Etymology edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- (to go); compare Latin annus (year) and Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌹 (ataþni, year). In Italic and Germanic, the root shifted to refer to "year" only (as a "going" of time).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

अत् (at)

  1. to go constantly, walk, run
  2. to obtain

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 12/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 56