nirvana

Borrowed from Sanskrit nirvāṇa, meaning 'blown or put out, extinguished,' built from nis- ('out') plus vā ('to blow').

The facts here don't trace a documented shift in meaning within English — the word arrived carrying its Sanskrit sense of extinguishing intact.

The vā root behind it is cognate with Russian véter ('wind'), and with English weather, vent, and wind — all tracing back to that same idea of moving air.