Where does “ಮುಖ” come from?

ಮುಖ (Kannada) comes from Sanskrit मुख, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkʰam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkHam.

ಮುಖ (Kannada): the face

Definitions

  1. the face

Ancestry of “ಮುಖ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमुखmouth; face; visage
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmúkʰam—
3Proto-Indo-IranianmúkHam—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkHam →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkʰam →Every word from Sanskrit मुख →