Etymology

Apabhramsha

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Today it means: The languages of the final stage of Middle Indo-Aryan, spoken during the 6th – 13th centuries CE. Full definition →

Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa) ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenḱ- ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂épo
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hápa
  5. Sanskritअप- (apa-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrenḱ-
  7. Sanskritभ्रंश् (bhraṃś)
  8. Sanskritभ्रंश (bhraṃśa)
  9. Sanskritअपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa)
  10. English todayApabhramsha

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa, “fallen, corrupted”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.