Where does “megha” come from?

megha (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit मेघ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European h₃moygʰós — fog, cloud.

megha (Old Javanese): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “megha”, 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 “megha”

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