Where does “yuga” come from?

yuga (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit योग, from Proto-Indo-Aryan yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European yéwg-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

yuga (Old Javanese): age, era

Definitions

  1. age, era

Ancestry of “yuga”, step by step

yuga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit योग

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritयोगthe act of yoking, joining, attaching,...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanyáwgas—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianyáwgasteam, yoke; yoking
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyéwg-o-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

via Sanskrit युग

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritयुगyoke, team; pair, couple, brace; a race of men,...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianyugámyoke
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyugómyoke
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “yuga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéwg-o-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáwgas →