Where does “वन” come from?

वन (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

वन (Sanskrit): a tree; a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity...

Definitions

  1. a tree; a forest, wood, grove, thicket, quantity...

Ancestry of “वन”, step by step

वन traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European wen-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

via Proto-Indo-Iranian wán-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianwán-tree, wood

Words derived from “वन”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen- →