Sanskrit origin
Source-reportedLearned borrowing from Sanskrit देव (deva), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, from *dyew- + *-ós.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: देवCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Chinese Wiktionary: देवCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

