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

Definitions

  1. cough; coughing

Ancestry of “खाँसी”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकासिकाcough
2Sanskritकासतेto cough
3Sanskritकास्to cough
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- →Every word from Sanskrit कास् →Every word from Sanskrit कासते →