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Where does “miśrás” come from?

miśrás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian mićrás, from Proto-Indo-European miḱ-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European meyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

Ancestry of “miśrás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmićrásmixed
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmiḱ-ró-smixed, mingled
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyḱ-to mix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “miśrás”

  • मिश्रधातु
  • मिश्र
  • मिश्र
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