Where does “व्यायाम” come from?
व्यायाम (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit आयाम, from Sanskrit आयम्, from Sanskrit आ, from Sanskrit धा, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰaH-.
व्यायाम (Sanskrit): dragging different ways, contest, strife, struggle
Definitions
- dragging different ways, contest, strife, struggle
Ancestry of “व्यायाम”, step by step
व्यायाम traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit आयाम
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | आयाम | stretching, extending; restraining, restrained,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आयम् | to stretch, lengthen out, extend; to stretch; to... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आ | separated form of आ-; With senses determined by... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | धा | to put, place, set, lay in or on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰaH- | — |
via Sanskrit वि
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | वि | apart; asunder; in different directions |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | wí | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wí | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |
Words derived from “व्यायाम”