Where does “दर” come from?
दर (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan d(ʰ)wā́r, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwā́r, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- — door.
दर (Sanskrit): fear; cleaving, split
Ancestry of “दर”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | d(ʰ)wā́r | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰwā́r | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwṓr | door |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwer- | door |