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Savyasachi

Savyasachi comes from Hindi सव्यसाची ‘ambidextrous’, from Sanskrit सव्य ‘left hand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)sewyós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(h₁)sewyósreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sawyás‘left, left-hand’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसव्यsavya‘left hand’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसव्यसाचिन्‘being (also) familiar with the left hand, ambidextrous’
  5. Hindic. 1500–presentसव्यसाचीsavyasācī‘ambidextrous’
  6. EnglishtodaySavyasachi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(h₁)sewyósreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sawyás‘left, left-hand’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसव्यsavya‘left hand’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEसव्यसाचिन्‘being (also) familiar with the left hand, ambidextrous’
  5. Hindic. 1500–presentसव्यसाचीsavyasācī‘ambidextrous’
  6. EnglishtodaySavyasachi

Today it means

name A male given name from Hindi used in India.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)sewyós / Savyasachi