Etymograph

English

Shiva

Shiva comes from Sanskrit शिव ‘the auspicious one’, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱi-wó-s ‘dear, intimate, friendly’, and ultimately from *ḱey- ‘to settle down, to live’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱey-‘to settle down, to live’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱi-wó-s‘dear, intimate, friendly’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशिवśivá‘the auspicious one’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1964Shiva

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱey-‘to settle down, to live’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱi-wó-s‘dear, intimate, friendly’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशिवśivá‘the auspicious one’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1964Shiva

Earliest quotation: 1964, Nabin Kumar Sahu, Utkal University History Of Orissa: “The later Bhaumas who were originally Buddhists became worshippers…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to settle down, to live’

home, city, civil, hide, cemetery, coma, civic, haunt, citadel, ceilidh, hame, civitas, 33 more

Today it means

name The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- / Shiva

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