Where does “කූරුව-නායක” come from?

කූරුව-නායක (Sinhalese) comes from Sanskrit नायक, from Sanskrit नी, from Proto-Indo-European neyH- — to lead.

කූරුව-නායක (Sinhalese): elephant trainer

Definitions

  1. elephant trainer

Ancestry of “කූරුව-නායක”, step by step

කූරුව-නායක traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit नायक

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनायकguide, leader; chief; lord; master; etc; leader,...
2Sanskritनीto guide, govern, direct
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead

via Sinhalese කූරුව

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sinhaleseකූරුවelephant department

Words derived from “කූරුව-නායක”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neyH- →Every word from Sanskrit नी →Every word from Sanskrit नायक →