Where does “प्रक्षालन” come from?
प्रक्षालन (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit प्रक्षालन, from Sanskrit क्षालन, from Sanskrit क्षल्, from Sanskrit क्षर्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰéreti — to flow, to melt.
प्रक्षालन (Hindi): washing, cleaning
Ancestry of “प्रक्षालन”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | प्रक्षालन | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | क्षालन | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | क्षल् | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | क्षर् | to flow, melt, perish |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | gẓʰar- | to flow, to stream; to melt, wane, perish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰgʷʰéreti | to flow, to melt |