Where does “warāha” come from?
warāha (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit वराह, from Sanskrit अवतार, from Sanskrit अव, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háwa, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
warāha (Old Javanese): wild boar
Definitions
- wild boar
Ancestry of “warāha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | वराह | boar, hog, pig, wild boar; cloud; bull |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अवतार | avatar: descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Vishnu in ten principal forms, namely Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rāma, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki) |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अव | off, away; down; this |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háwa | away from, off; down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |