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Narayan

Narayan comes from Sanskrit नारायण ‘the son of the original Man’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂nḗr‘man’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*Hnā́‘man, manpower’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनरnara‘the primeval Man or eternal Spirit’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनारायणnārāyaṇá‘the son of the original Man’
  6. Hindic. 1500–presentsame formnārāyaṇ
  7. EnglishtodayNarayan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂nḗr‘man’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*Hnā́‘man, manpower’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनरnara‘the primeval Man or eternal Spirit’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनारायणnārāyaṇá‘the son of the original Man’
  6. Hindic. 1500–presentsame formnārāyaṇ
  7. EnglishtodayNarayan

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ‘man’

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Today it means

name Vishnu.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr / Narayan

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