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Where does “snáHwar” come from?

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

Ancestry of “snáHwar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansnéh₁wr̥sinew, tendon
2Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin , to sew

Words derived from “snáHwar”

  • स्नायु
  • स्नायु
  • nahāru
  • સ્નાયુ
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