Where does “कोशकर्म” come from?
कोशकर्म (Hindi) comes from Hindi कर्म, from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Sanskrit -मन्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -mā́.
कोशकर्म (Hindi): lexicography
Ancestry of “कोशकर्म”, step by step
कोशकर्म traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi कर्म
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | कर्म | action, act; fate, karma, consequence; object |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कर्मन् | act, action, performance, business; office,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -मन् | forms action nouns and result nouns from roots |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -mā́ | — |
via Hindi कोश
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | कोश | treasury, store; dictionary, lexicon |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कोश | cask, vessel for holding liquids, cloud; pail,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कुश्यति | to embrace, enfold |