Where does “mūḍha” come from?

mūḍha (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit मूढ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan muẓḍʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian muždʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawǰʰ- — to err, to deviate.

mūḍha (Old Javanese): stupid, foolish; unwise

Definitions

  1. stupid, foolish; unwise

Ancestry of “mūḍha”, step by step

mūḍha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit मूढ

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

via Pali muddha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimuddhafoolish; bewildered; vocative singular of muddhan
2Sanskritमुग्धperplexed, bewildered; gone astray, lost;...
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmugdʰás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmawgʰ-to err, to deviate, to be foolish

Words derived from “mūḍha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawǰʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian muždʰás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan muẓḍʰás →