Where does “wana” come from?

wana (Balinese) comes from Old Javanese wana, from Sanskrit वन, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

wana (Balinese): forest, jungle

Definitions

  1. forest, jungle

Ancestry of “wana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesewanaforest, wood
2Sanskritवनa tree; a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen- →Every word from Sanskrit वन →Every word from Old Javanese wana →