Where does “kodha” come from?

kodha (Pali) comes from Sanskrit क्रोध, from Sanskrit क्रुध्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian krawdʰ- — to be angry, enraged.

kodha (Pali): anger

Definitions

  1. anger

Ancestry of “kodha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritक्रोधanger, wrath
2Sanskritक्रुध्to become angry, be wrathful
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankrawdʰ-to be angry, enraged
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian krawdʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit क्रुध् →Every word from Sanskrit क्रोध →