Proto-Indo-European origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Proto-Saka, possibly from *Spalakātamä, perhaps from *Spalä (tribe name) + *kātamä (“most desired”), from Proto-Iranian *kaHtamah, superlative *kaHtáh (“desired”) (whence Younger Avestan 𐬐𐬁𐬙𐬀 (kāta)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-tó-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”) + *-tós.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: 𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

