Where does “मृत्युदंड” come from?
मृत्युदंड (Hindi) comes from Hindi मृत्यु, from Sanskrit मृत्यु, from Sanskrit मृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mar-.
मृत्युदंड (Hindi): death penalty, capital punishment
Definitions
- death penalty, capital punishment
Ancestry of “मृत्युदंड”, step by step
मृत्युदंड traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi मृत्यु
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | मृत्यु | death; personification of Yama, the God of death |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मृत्यु | death, dying; Death personified, the god of... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मृ | to die |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *mar- | — |
via Hindi दंड
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | दंड | punishment, penalty, fine, chastisement; stick,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दण्ड | stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club; penis; a... |