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udakaṁ

udaka

nominative singular neuter of udaka (water)

1. water
2. liquid

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Spatial prefix indicating upward and outward motion; here suggesting the rising and flowing of water.
• ak — root · flow
  Root meaning to flow or move; cognate with Latin aqua and Greek hydro-, all from the same Indo-European root for water and flowing.

Etymology. From ud- (up, out) + √ak (to flow), literally "that which flows out"; cognate with English "aqua" (Latin) and Greek "hydro-" (from the same Indo-European root for flowing water). The prefix ud- preserves its spatial sense: water as that which rises and flows outward.

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

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