Where does “Verma” come from?
Verma comes from Sanskrit वर्मन् (varmán), derived from Sanskrit वर (vára), which traces back through Proto-Indo-Aryan wáras and Proto-Indo-Iranian wáras to Proto-Indo-European wer-.
Ancestry of “Verma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | वर्मा | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वर्मन् | armor; protection, shelter; bark, rind |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |