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Zen (n.)
school of Mahayana Buddhism, 1727, from Japanese, from Chinese ch'an, ultimately from Sanskrit dhyana "thought, meditation," from PIE root *dheie- "to see, look" (source also of Greek sema "sign, mark, token"). As an adjective from 1881.
Source: Etymology Online
What does "PIE" stand for here? I searched and am still puzzled.
Edit: The title of this thread should have been "from PIE root"
school of Mahayana Buddhism, 1727, from Japanese, from Chinese ch'an, ultimately from Sanskrit dhyana "thought, meditation," from PIE root *dheie- "to see, look" (source also of Greek sema "sign, mark, token"). As an adjective from 1881.
Source: Etymology Online
What does "PIE" stand for here? I searched and am still puzzled.
Edit: The title of this thread should have been "from PIE root"
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