Where does “शवयात्रा” come from?

शवयात्रा (Hindi) comes from Hindi यात्रा, from Sanskrit यात्रा, from Sanskrit या, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

शवयात्रा (Hindi): funeral procession

Definitions

  1. funeral procession

Ancestry of “शवयात्रा”, step by step

शवयात्रा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi यात्रा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiयात्राjourney, voyage; travel
2Sanskritयात्राjourney, travel, march, expedition; going on a...
3Sanskritयाgoing; a car; restraining
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

via Hindi शव

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiशवcorpse, dead body
2Sanskritशवa corpse, dead body; corpse, dead body
3Proto-Dravidian*caH-to die
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Sanskrit या →Every word from Sanskrit यात्रा →