Where does “खाँसी” come from?
खाँसी (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit कासिका, from Sanskrit कासते, from Sanskrit कास्, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.
खाँसी (Hindi): cough; coughing
Ancestry of “खाँसी”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | कासिका | cough |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कासते | to cough |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कास् | to cough |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂s- | to cough |