Where does “વાવ” come from?

વાવ (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit वापी, from Proto-Indo-European weHp-.

વાવ (Gujarati): stepwell; the Arabic alphabet letter waw

Definitions

  1. stepwell; the Arabic alphabet letter waw

Ancestry of “વાવ”, step by step

વાવ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit वापी

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवापीpond, pool
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanweHp-—

via Arabic وَاو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَاو—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weHp- →Every word from Sanskrit वापी →
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