Where does “धक्का मारना” come from?

धक्का मारना (Hindi) comes from Hindi मारना, from Sanskrit मारयति, from Sanskrit मृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mar-.

धक्का मारना (Hindi): to push

Definitions

  1. to push

Ancestry of “धक्का मारना”, step by step

धक्का मारना traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi मारना

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiमारनाto beat, hit, strike, knock; to hammer; to kill,...
2Sanskritमारयतिto cause to die; to kill
3Sanskritमृto die
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*mar-—

via Hindi धक्का

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiधक्काshove, push; misfortune, bad luck
2Proto-Indo-Aryandhakk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mar- →Every word from Sanskrit मृ →Every word from Sanskrit मारयति →