Etymograph

English

Pavan

Pavan comes from Sanskrit पवन ‘"purifier", wind or the god of wind, breeze, air’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to be pure, clean’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-‘to be pure, clean’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-e-nosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pawHanasreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपवनpavana‘"purifier", wind or the god of wind, breeze, air’
  5. EnglishtodayPavan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-‘to be pure, clean’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewH-e-nosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*pawHanasreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपवनpavana‘"purifier", wind or the god of wind, breeze, air’
  5. EnglishtodayPavan

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to be pure, clean’

pure, deputy, reputation, pour, pity, purity, pious, purification, piety, purify, putative, purist, purée, puro, expiation, 17 more

Today it means

name A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pewH- / Pavan

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