Where does “mega” come from?

mega (Malay) comes from Sanskrit मेघ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European h₃moygʰós — fog, cloud.

mega (Malay): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “mega”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमेघa cloud; a mass, multitude; a particular rāga
2Proto-Indo-AryanHmaygʰás—
3Proto-Indo-IranianHmaygʰáscloud
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃moygʰósfog, cloud

Words derived from “mega”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃moygʰós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hmaygʰás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hmaygʰás →
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