Where does “धूम” come from?

धूम (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

धूम (Sanskrit): smoke, vapour, mist

Definitions

  1. smoke, vapour, mist

Ancestry of “धूम”, step by step

धूम traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰuHmás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IraniandʰuHmásmist, fog; smoke
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-Iranian*dʰuHmás—

Words derived from “धूम”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰuHmás →