Where does “ಮೂಢನಂಬಿಕೆ” come from?

ಮೂಢನಂಬಿಕೆ (Kannada) comes from Kannada ಮೂಢ, from Sanskrit मूढ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan muẓḍʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian muždʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawǰʰ- — to err, to deviate.

ಮೂಢನಂಬಿಕೆ (Kannada): superstition

Definitions

  1. superstition

Ancestry of “ಮೂಢನಂಬಿಕೆ”, step by step

ಮೂಢನಂಬಿಕೆ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kannada ಮೂಢ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaಮೂಢfoolish, stupid
2Sanskritमूढstupefied, bewildered, perplexed, confused, at a...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanmuẓḍʰás
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmuždʰás
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmawǰʰ-to err, to deviate

via Kannada ನಂಬಿಕೆ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kannadaನಂಬಿಕೆtrust, belief
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawǰʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian muždʰásEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan muẓḍʰás
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