Where does “āṣādha” come from?

āṣādha (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit आषाढ, from Sanskrit अषाढ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *asaẓḍʰas.

āṣādha (Old Javanese): a month of the Hindu calendar that corresponds to June/July in the Gregorian calendar

Definitions

  1. a month of the Hindu calendar that corresponds to June/July in the Gregorian calendar

Ancestry of “āṣādha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritआषाढthe fourth month of the Hindu lunar calendar (in which the full moon is near the constellation अषाढा)
2Sanskritअषाढinvincible, unconquerable
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*asaẓḍʰas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *asaẓḍʰas →Every word from Sanskrit अषाढ →Every word from Sanskrit आषाढ →