Where does “रान” come from?
रान (Konkani) comes from Maharastri Prakrit ????, from Sanskrit अरण्य, from Sanskrit अरण, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
रान (Konkani): forest
Ancestry of “रान”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Maharastri Prakrit | ???? | jungle |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अरण्य | a foreign or a distant land; forest, wilderness;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अरण | strange, foreign; distant |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |