आगो (Nepali)
Where does "आगो" come from?
The Nepali word 'आगो' (āgo) traces its ancient lineage back to the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁n̥gʷnís, meaning 'fire' or 'to burn.' It evolved through Proto-Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-Aryan stages before settling into Sanskrit as 'अग्नि' (agni). Eventually, this term underwent linguistic transformation to emerge in modern Nepali as the word for fire.
Full etymology tree
- आगो (āgo) (Nepali), 'fire'
- inherited अग्नि (agní) (Sanskrit), 'Agni, god of fire'
- inherited *Hagníṣ (Proto-Indo-Aryan), 'fire'
- inherited *Hagníš (Proto-Indo-Iranian), 'fire'
- inherited *h₁n̥gʷnís (Proto-Indo-European), 'fire'
- derived *h₁engʷ- (Proto-Indo-European), 'to burn'
- inherited *h₁n̥gʷnís (Proto-Indo-European), 'fire'
- inherited *Hagníš (Proto-Indo-Iranian), 'fire'
- inherited *Hagníṣ (Proto-Indo-Aryan), 'fire'
- inherited अग्नि (agní) (Sanskrit), 'Agni, god of fire'
Ancestors
- अग्नि (Sanskrit)
Updated June 2026
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