English
yogini
Yogini comes from Sanskrit योगिनी ‘Yogini, one who practises Yoga (feminine)’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas ‘team, yoke’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yówgosreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*yáwgas‘team, yoke’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयोग‘Yoga’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEयोगिनीyoginī‘Yogini, one who practises Yoga (feminine)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981yogini
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yówgosreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*yáwgas‘team, yoke’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयोग‘Yoga’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEयोगिनीyoginī‘Yogini, one who practises Yoga (feminine)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981yogini
Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “In the intense religious practices of yoginis or nuns,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’
join, junction, adjunct, jodi, juncture, conjugate, yoke, jugular, conjugation, subjugate, zygote, yuga, yojana, 42 more
through Sanskrit योग ‘Yoga’
Today it means
noun A female yogi.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yewg- / yogini