English
Matsya
Matsya comes from Sanskrit मत्स्य ‘fish’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas.
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mátsyas‘fish’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमत्स्यmátsya‘fish’
- EnglishtodayMatsya
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mátsyas‘fish’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमत्स्यmátsya‘fish’
- EnglishtodayMatsya
Every English word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas
Today it means
name The first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas / Matsya