Etymograph

English

Utsav

Utsav comes from Sanskrit उत्सव ‘enterprise, beginning’, from उत्सू ‘to cause to go upwards’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to push (forth)’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sewH-‘to push (forth)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sawH-reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसू‘to set in motion’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEउत्सूutsū‘to cause to go upwards’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEउत्सवutsava‘enterprise, beginning’
  6. EnglishtodayUtsav

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sewH-‘to push (forth)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*sawH-reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसू‘to set in motion’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEउत्सूutsū‘to cause to go upwards’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEउत्सवutsava‘enterprise, beginning’
  6. EnglishtodayUtsav

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to push (forth)’

son, sock, sounder, 3 more

Today it means

name A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sewH- / Utsav

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