# `*Wr̥tragʰnás` - God of Victory ## Etymology > [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Wr%CC%A5trag%CA%B0n%C3%A1s): > From PII `*wr̥trás` (“shield, cover, obstacle”) + `*gʰan-` (“to slay”) + [*-ás](https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-%C3%A1s&action=edit&redlink=1 "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-ás (page does not exist)"). > From PIE _[*wer-](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wer- "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wer-")_ (“to cover”) + _[*gʷʰen-](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/g%CA%B7%CA%B0en- "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰen-")_ (“to strike, slay”) respectively. > Literally, "the destroyer of obstacles". ## Branches [[iranian-verethragna]] [[indic-vrtraghna]]