uṇṇam > vas > vasantá in other Indo-European Languages (9)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word vasantá means “spring season.” It is derived from the root vas, meaning “shine.” He also provides the cognates of vasantá in other Indo-European languages and dialects:
Pali vasanta-; Prakrit vasaṁta-; Ashkun wosúnt; Waigalī or Wai-alā wasū̃t, wasō̃t, osō̃t; Kati or Katei wosut; Prasun usti; Dameli basán; Pashai, Lauṛowānī (dialect of Pashai) wahə́n(d); Areti (dialect of Pashai) wäyén; Woṭapūrī, Kaṭārqalā basán; Gambīrī wosō̃t; Gawar-Bati wasand; Kalasha bā́sun; Khowār bosún; Bashkarīk básan; Tōrwālī basān; Savi basan; Phalūṛa basā́nd, basā́n; Shina, Gilgitī (dialect of Shina) băzōdṷ; Gurēsī (dialect of Shina) băzōnṷ; Jijelut (dialect of Shina) bazṓn; Palesī (dialect of Shina) basōn; Sinhalese vasat-.
All these cognates and the following words related to ushṇá originate from Tamil uṇṇam.
vasantakāla, “spring season.” vasantavāra, “springtime.” vasar, “dawn.” vāsará, “relating to morning.” pratyūṣa, “dawn.” pratyūṣakāla, “time of dawn.” vyúṣ, “dawn.” vyuṣati, “burns.”