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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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- | — |