Where does “Yama” come from?

Yama comes from Sanskrit यम, which derives from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym-, a root of unclear original meaning that also produced Proto-Indo-Iranian Yámas and Proto-Indo-European yémHos.

Yama (English): The Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo

Definitions

  1. The Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo

Ancestry of “Yama”, step by step

Yama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Alabama yamá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Alabamayamáyes
2Mobilianyamma—

via Japanese やま

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseやま—
Every word from Mobilian yamma →Every word from Alabama yamá →