The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱeh₁s-“to teach, to indicate”
- Sanskrit · derived fromशास्“to teach, instruct”
- Sanskrit · derived fromशिष्य
- Hindi · borrowed fromशिष्य“disciple, student”
- English todayshishya
Borrowed from Hindi शिष्य (śiṣya, “disciple, student”), from Sanskrit शिष्य (śiṣya), from Sanskrit शास् (śās, “to teach, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to teach, to indicate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.