Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Aryan/wárnas

This Proto-Indo-Aryan entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Aryan

Etymology

From *war-, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to cover, to conceal”). Cognate with Latin vela.

Noun

*wárnas m

covering
color, paint

Descendants

Sanskrit: वर्ण (várṇa, “color, covering; social class”)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (vaṇṇa)
  - Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘰𑘜 (vāṇa), 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘹𑘽 (vāṇeṁ), 𑘪𑘰𑘡 (vāna)
    - Marathi: वाण (vāṇ)
- Pali: vaṇṇa
  - → Kannada: ಬಣ್ಣ (baṇṇa, “color”)
  - → Khmer: វណ្ណ (vannaʾ)
  - → Burmese: ဝဏ္ဏ (wanna.)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (vaṇṇa)
  - Gujarati: વાન (vān)
  - Hindi: बान (bān)
- → Assamese: বৰ্ণ (borno)
- → Old Assamese: বৰণ (boroṇo)
  - Assamese: বৰণ (boron)
- → Bengali: বরন (bôrôn), বর্ণ (bôrṇ)
  - → Santali: ᱵᱳᱨᱳᱱ (boron)
- → English: varna
- → Gujarati: વર્ણ (varṇ)}
- → Hindi: वर्ण (varṇ)
- → Javanese: ꦮꦼꦂꦤ (werna)
- → Kannada: ವರ್ಣ (varṇa)
- → Khmer: ពណ៌ (pɔə)
- → Malay: warna, rona (through metathesis)
  - Indonesian: warna
- → Marathi: वर्ण (varṇ)
- → Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘨𑘿𑘜 (varṇa)
- ⇒ Telugu: వర్ణము (varṇamu)
- → Thai: วรรณ (wan)

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