Where does “मीठ” come from?

मीठ (Bhojpuri) comes from Sanskrit मिष्ट, from Sanskrit मृष्ट, from Sanskrit मृज्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- — to wipe off, wipe clean.

मीठ (Bhojpuri): sweet

Definitions

  1. sweet

Ancestry of “मीठ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमिष्टdainty, delicate, sweet
2Sanskritमृष्टsavoury; sweet; polished
3Sanskritमृज्to wipe
4Proto-Indo-European*h₃merǵ-to wipe off, wipe clean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- →Every word from Sanskrit मृज् →Every word from Sanskrit मृष्ट →