Etymograph

English

Tvashtr

Tvashtr comes from Sanskrit त्वष्टृ ‘carpenter’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *twárštā ‘creator’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- ‘to cut, trim, carve off’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*twerḱ-‘to cut, trim, carve off’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*twr̥ḱ-tērreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*twárštā‘creator’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*twá(r)ṣṭāreconstructed
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEत्वष्टृtvaṣṭṛ‘carpenter’
  6. EnglishtodayTvashtr

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*twerḱ-‘to cut, trim, carve off’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*twr̥ḱ-tērreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*twárštā‘creator’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*twá(r)ṣṭāreconstructed
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEत्वष्टृtvaṣṭṛ‘carpenter’
  6. EnglishtodayTvashtr

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- ‘to cut, trim, carve off’

trunk, trench, sarcastic, sarcasm, sarcoma, truncation, truncate, truncheon, 16 more

Today it means

name The craftsman of the devas and the father of Vritra.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- / Tvashtr

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