ava > áva in other East Indo-European Languages (57)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word áva means “off, away, down, and down from.” He also lists the cognates of ava in other East Indo-European languages:
Ashkun wō̃; Kati or Katei ū; Waigalī or Wai-alā ū, wü; Pashai ō-kaṛe.
All these cognates and the following words related to áva originate from Tamil ava.
avakṣara, flowing down. avakṣāra, downward flow. avakṣāla-, waterfall. avakṣārayati, causes to flow down upon. avagaṇa, separated from one’s companions. avagalati, falls down, slips down. avagālayati, with anal. avagirati, falls down. avaghaṭṭati, decreases, recedes. avaghaṭṭayati, pushes away. avaghara, flowing down. avagharati, flows down, drops. avajjharati, drips down, falls, throws down or away. avajjhāyati, extinguishes. avajjhālayati, pours down. avaḍḍhāla, falling down. ávatanōti, loosens (a bowstring). ávatarati, descends into, alights from. avatārá, coming down, descent. avatudyatē, is pushed off. ávadadhāti, puts down. avadhāna, putting down. avanāyá, putting down. avapatita, fallen down. ávabādhatē, keeps off. ávabharatē, sinks into. avamūrdha, head-down. avarati, ceasing. avarandhati, hurts, destroys. avarampati or avaramphati, cuts, scrapes off. avarīyatē, flows down. avarōdha, shoot sent down by a branch of the banyan tree. avarōṣa, anger. avarōha, see avarōdha-. ávarōhati, descends, alights. avalalati, descends. avalasati, slips down. avavahati, carries down. avaśīyatē, falls off. avaśīrṣaka, having the head turned down. avaścandati, jumps down. avasalati, jumps down. avastēpa, dripping down. avasphurati, casts away. avasravaṇa, flowing down. avasruta, dropped down. ávasvanati, flies down with noise. avaharatē, brings down. avamá, lowest, inferior. avamakrama, lower row. ávara, lower, hinder, nearer. ávaratara, further down. avarapāra, the near bank. avarā, the near side. avaratya, sleep. avarā, the near side. avaratya, sleep.