Etymograph

English

Savita

Savita comes from Sanskrit सवितृ ‘sun, sun's light or energy’, from सू ‘to impel, to vivify’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to push (forth)’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sewH-‘to push (forth)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sawH-reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसूsū‘to impel, to vivify’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसवितृsavitāas सविता‘sun, sun's light or energy’
  5. EnglishtodaySavita

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sewH-‘to push (forth)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sawH-reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसूsū‘to impel, to vivify’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसवितृsavitāas सविता‘sun, sun's light or energy’
  5. EnglishtodaySavita

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to push (forth)’

son, sock, sounder, 3 more

Today it means

name A female given name from India.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sewH- / Savita

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