Where does “ಕರ್ಮ” come from?

ಕರ್ಮ (Kannada) comes from Sanskrit कर्मन्, from Sanskrit -मन्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -mā́.

ಕರ್ಮ (Kannada): action, work

Definitions

  1. action, work

Ancestry of “ಕರ್ಮ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकर्मन्act, action, performance, business; office,...
2Sanskrit-मन्forms action nouns and result nouns from roots
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-mā́—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -mā́ →Every word from Sanskrit -मन् →Every word from Sanskrit कर्मन् →