Ganges

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷem-“to come”
2. Sanskrit · derived fromगङ्गा
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromΓάγγης
4. Latin · borrowed fromGangēs
5. English todayGanges

Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), from the verbal root गम् (gam, “to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come”) (whence Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), and English come). Doublet of Ganga.

Words from the same roots