Where does “dara” come from?

dara (Malay) comes from Javanese dara, from Old Javanese dara, from Sanskrit दार, from Sanskrit दर, from Proto-Indo-Aryan d(ʰ)wā́r, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwā́r, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- — door.

dara (Malay): maiden, virgin

Definitions

  1. maiden, virgin

Ancestry of “dara”, step by step

dara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese dara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesedarapigeon; dove; wife
2Old Javanesedaradove; pigeon
3Sanskritदारwife; rent, cleft, hole; tearing up, rending
4Sanskritदरfear; cleaving, split
5Proto-Indo-Aryand(ʰ)wā́r—
6Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰwā́r—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwṓrdoor
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door

via Proto-Malayic *dara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*daravirgin
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*daʀamaiden; virgin

Words derived from “dara”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwā́r →