shaman

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromश्रमण“ascetic, monk, devotee”
2. Pali · derived fromsamaṇa
3. Chinese · derived from沙門 /沙门“Buddhist monk”
4. txb · derived fromṣamāne“monk”
5. Proto-Tungusic · derived from*samān
6. Evenki · derived fromшама̄н
7. Russian · derived fromшама́н
8. German · borrowed fromSchamane
9. English todayshaman

Borrowed from German Schamane, from Russian шама́н (šamán), from Evenki шама̄н (şamān), сама̄н (samān), from Proto-Tungusic *samān. The Evenki word is possibly derived from the root ша- (şa-, “to know”); or else a loanword from Tocharian B ṣamāne (“monk”) or Chinese 沙門 /沙门 (shāmén, “Buddhist monk”), from Pali samaṇa from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa, “ascetic, monk, devotee”), from श्रम (śrama, “weariness, exhaustion; labor, toil; etc.”), which would make this a doublet of sramana.

Words from the same roots