Where does “ಶಿಶು” come from?

ಶಿಶು (Kannada) comes from Sanskrit शिशु — a child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy, etc.); also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun.

ಶಿಶು (Kannada): infant

Definitions

  1. infant

Ancestry of “ಶಿಶು”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशिशुa child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy, etc.); also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun
Every word from Sanskrit शिशु
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