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etha

eti

pr 2nd pl of eti (verb); imp 2nd pl of eti (verb); reflx opt 3rd sg of eti (verb)

1. eti (pr): comes (to)
2. eti (pr): goes (to)
3. etha (imp): come you all!
4. eti (pr): becomes

Built from

• e — stem · go, come
  Present thematic stem of √i. Carries the bare meaning of movement or becoming.
• tha — ending · 2nd plural imperative
  Imperative marker -tha, addressing two or more persons as a command: 'you (all) go/come/become'.

Etymology. √i (go, come), a primary root cognate with English iterate, Latin ire (go), Sanskrit iti, and Greek ienai. The imperative thematic stem is e-, which becomes etha with the 2nd plural ending -tha. The root's primary sense is motion or becoming; across Indo-European languages it remains one of the most fundamental verbs of movement.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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