Where does “Ganesha” come from?
Ganesha is derived from Sanskrit गणेश, composed of Sanskrit गण meaning "group" or "multitude" and Sanskrit गण्.
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Ancestry of “Ganesha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | गणेश | Ganesha |
| 2 | Sanskrit | गण | a flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | गण् | count, calculate |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गृणाति | to call, call out to, invoke; to announce,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gr̥náHti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷr̥-né-H-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerH- | to express approval; praise; to elevate |