Shiva
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Root
kaya
to dwell, to reside, to be at home; the settled state, the homestead
Shiva descends from *k^ey-, to settle, matching Shona kaya, to dwell
- Confidence
- 72/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- ShivaEnglish
The consensus position
Mainstream comparative linguistics derives Shiva from Sanskrit sivá, an adjective meaning auspicious or kindly used euphemistically of Rudra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ciHwas and Proto-Indo-European *k^iH-wo-s, dear or one's own, from *k^ey- to lie down or settle; the Shona stem -kaya belongs to Bantu and is unrelated by descent.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 7 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
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