Where does “कर्म” come from?

कर्म (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Sanskrit -मन्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -mā́.

कर्म (Hindi): action, act; fate, karma, consequence; object

Definitions

  1. action, act; fate, karma, consequence; object

Ancestry of “कर्म”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकर्मन्act, action, performance, business; office,...
2Sanskrit-मन्forms action nouns and result nouns from roots
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-mā́—

Words derived from “कर्म”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -mā́ →Every word from Sanskrit -मन् →Every word from Sanskrit कर्मन् →