Words that come from Proto-Indo-Aryan “kás”

90 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás — including musk, musky, muskmelon, muskiness, moschatel, muscadin, muscardin, muskroot.

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English (14)

Latin (13)

Spanish (7)

French (6)

Old French (5)

Italian (4)

Sanskrit (3)

Pali (2)

Turkish (2)

Faroese (2)

Dutch (2)

Romanian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

German (2)

Middle Persian (2)

Middle English (2)

Medieval Latin (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Arabic (1)

Braj (1)

Translingual (1)

Albanian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Asturian (1)

Telugu (1)

Kalasha (1)

Hausa (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Sauraseni Prakrit (1)

Persian (1)

Hindi (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Late Latin (1)