Where does “nahāru” come from?

nahāru (Pali) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan snáHwar, from Proto-Indo-European snéh₁wr̥, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

nahāru (Pali): sinew, tendon

Definitions

  1. sinew, tendon

Ancestry of “nahāru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryansnáHwar—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansnéh₁wr̥sinew, tendon
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European snéh₁wr̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan snáHwar →