| 1 | Sanskrit | वर्मन् | armor; protection, shelter; bark, rind |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वर | "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वीर | man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wīrás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |