Where does “स्वर” come from?

स्वर (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

स्वर (Sanskrit): sound, noise; voice; a note

Definitions

  1. sound, noise; voice; a note

Ancestry of “स्वर”, step by step

स्वर traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European swēr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

via Sanskrit स्वृ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritस्वृAPI 1 P; to sing

Words derived from “स्वर”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →