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vindati

pr 3rd sg of vindati (verb)

1. finds; gets; acquires
2. enjoys; undergoes; experiences; lit. finds

Built from

• vi — root · find, know
  From PIE *wid- "to see"; seeing is the root act, leading to finding and knowing. Cognates: Latin vidēre, Sanskrit vid-, English wit.
• nda — ending · 3rd sg present
  Primary ending marking 3rd person singular indicative present tense (-ti is the thematic marker; -nda- is the nasal present grade, here fused into the tense stem).

Etymology. From √vid "to find, know" (from PIE *wid- "to see"), cognate with Sanskrit vidati, Latin vidēre "to see", English wit (archaic for "know"). The concrete sense "to see" underlies the meanings "to find" (what one seeks appears to view) and "to know" (direct seeing as knowledge); the experiential sense develops from "to encounter, come upon".

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

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