Where does “sáwmas” come from?

sáwmas (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian sáwHmas, from Proto-Indo-European sówh₂-mo-s, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₂- — to pour out, rain, to press out, extract.

Ancestry of “sáwmas”, step by step

sáwmas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian sáwHmas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IraniansáwHmassoma, haoma
2Proto-Indo-Europeansówh₂-mo-s—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansewh₂-to pour out, rain, to press out, extract

via Proto-Indo-Iranian sáwmas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniansáwmas—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniansu-to press, to extract
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sówh₂-mo-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sáwHmas →