Where does “meru” come from?

meru (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit मेरु, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

meru (Old Javanese): mountain

Definitions

  1. mountain

Ancestry of “meru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SanskritमेरुName of a fabulous mountain, regarded as the Olympus of Hindu mythology and said to form the central point of jambu-dvīpa-. All the planets revolve round it and it is compared to the cup or seed-vessel of a lotus, the leaves of which are formed by the different dvīpas q.v. The river Ganges falls fro
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “meru”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European móri →Every word from Sanskrit मेरु →