Where does “Saurashtra” come from?

Saurashtra (English) comes from Gujarati સૌરાષ્ટ્ર, from Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र, from Sanskrit सुराष्ट्र, from Sanskrit सु-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.

Saurashtra (English): An Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Saurashtra people

Definitions

  1. An Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Saurashtra people

Ancestry of “Saurashtra”, step by step

Saurashtra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gujarati સૌરાષ્ટ્ર

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gujaratiસૌરાષ્ટ્ર
2Sanskritसौराष्ट्रfrom Saurashtra
3Sanskritसुराष्ट्रhaving a good dominion
4Sanskritसु-good, well
5Proto-Indo-AryanHsu-
6Proto-Indo-IranianHsu-good
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁su-good
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wes-good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast

via Saurashtra ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Saurashtraꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-Every word from Sanskrit सु-