Where does “વર” come from?

વર (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit वृक, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

વર (Gujarati): husband; groom

Definitions

  1. husband; groom

Ancestry of “વર”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवृकa wolf; plough; thunderbolt
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “વર”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas →Every word from Sanskrit वृक →