Where does “ನಾಗ” come from?

ನಾಗ (Kannada) comes from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

ನಾಗ (Kannada): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “ನಾಗ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनागa snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or...
2Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude
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