Where does “ಮೃತ್ಯು” come from?

ಮೃತ್ಯು (Kannada) comes from Sanskrit मृत्यु, from Sanskrit मृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mar-.

ಮೃತ್ಯು (Kannada): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “ಮೃತ್ಯು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमृत्युdeath, dying; Death personified, the god of...
2Sanskritमृto die
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*mar-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mar- →Every word from Sanskrit मृ →Every word from Sanskrit मृत्यु →
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