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 , to sew.
nahāru (Pali): sinew, tendon
Ancestry of “nahāru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | snáHwar | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | snéh₁wr̥ | sinew, tendon |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin , to sew |