Where does “जुगनू” come from?
जुगनू (Hindi) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit ??????, from Sanskrit ज्योतिरिङ्गण, from Sanskrit इङ्गन, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.
जुगनू (Hindi): firefly
Definitions
- firefly
Ancestry of “जुगनू”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | ?????? | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ज्योतिरिङ्गण | firefly |
| 3 | Sanskrit | इङ्गन | shaking, moving; separation of one member of a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |