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Kamna

Kamna comes from Sanskrit कामना ‘wish, desire, lust’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂-‘to desire, wish’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kóh₂-mo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*káHmasreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकम्kam‘to wish, desire’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEकामनाkāmanā‘wish, desire, lust’
  6. EnglishtodayKamna

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂-‘to desire, wish’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kóh₂-mo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*káHmasreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकम्kam‘to wish, desire’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEकामनाkāmanā‘wish, desire, lust’
  6. EnglishtodayKamna

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- ‘to desire, wish’

charity, whore, cherish, caress, kama, 5 more

Today it means

name A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- / Kamna

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