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yattha

indeclinable (adverb/relative)

1. wherever; where; when; in which

Built from

• ya — root · relative pronoun
  Stem of the relative pronoun; cognate with Latin qui, Sanskrit ya-, English who. Introduces clauses relative to a noun or situation.
• ttha — ending · locative/instrumental suffix
  Locative suffix marking place or temporal context, related to Sanskrit -tra and cognate with English there. Attaches to the relative stem to form a relative adverb of place or time.

Analysis. Relative adverb formed from ya- (relative pronoun stem) + -ttha (locative suffix); used to introduce relative clauses with locative or temporal sense.

Etymology. From ya- (relative pronoun, cognate with Latin qui, English who) + instrumental/locative suffix -ttha (related to Sanskrit -tra, -tha, the latter cognate with English there, German da). The stem ya- derives from Indo-European *yo-, the source of all relative and interrogative pronouns across Indo-European languages.

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

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