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Vishwas

Vishwas comes from Sanskrit विश्वास ‘confidence, trust, reliance, faith or belief in’, from विश्वस् ‘to draw breath freely, to console’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- ‘to puff, sigh’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱwes-‘to puff, sigh’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEश्वस्śvas‘to blow, hiss, pant, snort’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEविश्वस्viśvas‘to draw breath freely, to console’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEविश्वासviśvāsa‘confidence, trust, reliance, faith or belief in’
  5. EnglishtodayVishwas

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱwes-‘to puff, sigh’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEश्वस्śvas‘to blow, hiss, pant, snort’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEविश्वस्viśvas‘to draw breath freely, to console’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEविश्वासviśvāsa‘confidence, trust, reliance, faith or belief in’
  5. EnglishtodayVishwas

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- ‘to puff, sigh’

quarrel, wheeze, 5 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 *ḱwes- / Vishwas

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