Where does “शवदाह” come from?
शवदाह (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit दाह, from Sanskrit दह्, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
शवदाह (Sanskrit): cremation (of dead bodies)
Definitions
- cremation (of dead bodies)
Ancestry of “शवदाह”, step by step
शवदाह traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit दाह
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | दाह | burning, combustion, conflagration, heat; place... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दह् | to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via Sanskrit शव
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | शव | a corpse, dead body; corpse, dead body |
| 2 | Proto-Dravidian | *caH- | to die |