Where does “Kashaya” come from?

Kashaya (English) comes from Sanskrit कषाय, from Proto-Indo-European kars-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

Kashaya (English): A native Californian people who traditionally live on the Sonoma County coastline, who are a subgroup of the Pomo people

Definitions

  1. A native Californian people who traditionally live on the Sonoma County coastline, who are a subgroup of the Pomo people

Ancestry of “Kashaya”, step by step

Kashaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit कषाय

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकषायastringent
2Proto-Indo-Europeankars-to rub, scrape, scratch; to scratch, scrape, rub,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Kashaya kʼahša·ya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kashayakʼahša·yaKashaya people
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kars- →Every word from Sanskrit कषाय →