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Tanvi

Tanvi comes from Sanskrit तन्वी ‘slender or delicate woman’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanHúš ‘thin’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- ‘to stretch’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tenh₂-‘to stretch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tn̥h₂ús‘thin’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*tanHúš‘thin’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*tanHúṣreconstructed
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEतनुtanú‘thin, slender’
  6. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEतन्वीtanvī‘slender or delicate woman’
  7. EnglishtodayTanvi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tenh₂-‘to stretch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tn̥h₂ús‘thin’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*tanHúš‘thin’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*tanHúṣreconstructed
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEतनुtanú‘thin, slender’
  6. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEतन्वीtanvī‘slender or delicate woman’
  7. EnglishtodayTanvi

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- ‘to stretch’

thin, extenuating, 6 more

Today it means

name A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- / Tanvi

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