 Ashva

Ashva (aśva, अश्व) is the Sanskrit word for a horse, one of the significant animals finding references in the Vedas as well as later Hindu scriptures.The word is cognate to Avestan "aspa", Latin "equus", Greek ("hippos"), Germanic *"ehwaz" and Baltic "*ašvā" all from Proto-Indo-European "*h₁éḱwos".