Where does “dara” come from?

dara (Old Javanese) comes 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 (Old Javanese): dove; pigeon

Definitions

  1. dove; pigeon

Ancestry of “dara”, step by step

dara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit दार

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

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀaqblood
2Azerbaijani-ək—
3Proto-Turkic*-gekForms deverbal nouns

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 →
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