Where does “മൃഗം” come from?

മൃഗം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit मृग, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥gás — a forest animal.

മൃഗം (Malayalam): animal

Definitions

  1. animal

Ancestry of “മൃഗം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमृगa forest animal, wild beast; a deer, gazelle,...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmr̥gása forest animal
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