Where does “મીઠાવેરો” come from?

મીઠાવેરો (Gujarati) comes from Gujarati મીઠું, from Old Gujarati मीठउं, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞, from Sanskrit मिष्ट, from Sanskrit मृष्ट, from Sanskrit मृज्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- — to wipe off, wipe clean.

મીઠાવેરો (Gujarati): a salt tax or duty

Definitions

  1. a salt tax or duty

Ancestry of “મીઠાવેરો”, step by step

મીઠાવેરો traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gujarati મીઠું

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gujaratiમીઠુંsalt
2Old Gujaratiमीठउं—
3Sauraseni Prakrit𑀫𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞—
4Sanskritमिष्टdainty, delicate, sweet
5Sanskritमृष्टsavoury; sweet; polished
6Sanskritमृज्to wipe
7Proto-Indo-European*h₃merǵ-to wipe off, wipe clean

via Gujarati વેરો

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gujaratiવેરોcash tax levied on cultivators on the basis of land
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- →Every word from Sanskrit मृज् →Every word from Sanskrit मृष्ट →