Etymology

Krishna

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Today it means: A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism. Full definition →

Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥šnás ← Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kers-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kr̥snós
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kr̥šnás
  5. Sanskritकृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)
  6. English todayKrishna

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.