Etymograph

English

Pramila

Pramila comes from Sanskrit प्रमीला ‘shutting the eyes, sleepiness, lassitude’, from मिष् ‘to wink, blink’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-‘to blink, cover (the eyes)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mayš-‘to blink, wink’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमिष्miṣ‘to wink, blink’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEमील्‘to close, shut the eyes’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रमीलाpramīlā‘shutting the eyes, sleepiness, lassitude’
  6. EnglishtodayPramila

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-‘to blink, cover (the eyes)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mayš-‘to blink, wink’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमिष्miṣ‘to wink, blink’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEमील्‘to close, shut the eyes’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEप्रमीलाpramīlā‘shutting the eyes, sleepiness, lassitude’
  6. EnglishtodayPramila

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-

Today it means

name A female given name from Sanskrit

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- / Pramila

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