Where does “अश्वा” come from?
अश्वा (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan HáśwaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HáćwaH, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éḱweh₂.
अश्वा (Sanskrit): mare
Ancestry of “अश्वा”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | HáśwaH | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HáćwaH | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éḱweh₂ | — |