Where does “Chandra” come from?
Chandra derives from Sanskrit चन्द्र, from Sanskrit श्चन्द्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan (s)ćandrás, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root (s)kand-.
Ancestry of “Chandra”, step by step
Chandra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian хандра
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | хандра | melancholy, blues |
| 2 | New Latin | hypochondria | — |
| 3 | Latin | hypochondrium | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὑποχόνδριον | the space between the ribs and the navel; the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ῠ̔πο- | under, lower; by, under; under”, “beneath |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὑπό | |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Sanskrit चन्द्र
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | चन्द्र | glittering, shining (as gold), having the brilliancy or hue of light (said of gods, of water and of soma) |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | (s)ćandrás | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | (s)čandrás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kand- | to glow, shine; to shine, glow |