Where does “वातिङ्गण” come from?

वातिङ्गण (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas — eggplant; purple.

वातिङ्गण (Sanskrit): aubergine

Definitions

  1. aubergine

Ancestry of “वातिङ्गण”, step by step

वातिङ्गण traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan wātinganas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanwātinganaseggplant; purple

via Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*waẓVtVbrinjal, aubergine, eggplant

Words derived from “वातिङ्गण”

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