Etymograph

English

Surya

Surya comes from Sanskrit सूर्य ‘the sun or its deity’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sóh₂wl̥‘sun’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*súHar‘sun’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसूर्यsū́rya‘the sun or its deity’
  4. EnglishtodaySurya

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sóh₂wl̥‘sun’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*súHar‘sun’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसूर्यsū́rya‘the sun or its deity’
  4. EnglishtodaySurya

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ‘sun’

southern, sun, solar, sol, helium, soleil, solano, parasol, 5 more

Today it means

name The chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kashyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ / Surya

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