Where does “Avi” come from?
Avi is an English given name derived from Hebrew אבי, a name form related to the Hebrew root for "father."
Avi (English): An avatar displayed by a user's profile on a social networking site
Definitions
- An avatar displayed by a user's profile on a social networking site
Ancestry of “Avi”, step by step
Avi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English avatar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avatar | the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu;... |
| 2 | Hindi | अवतार | an incarnation; incarnation of a deity, descent... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अवतार | avatar: descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Vishnu in ten principal forms, namely Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rāma, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki) |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अव | off, away; down; this |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háwa | away from, off; down |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |