Where does “muHkás” come from?

muHkás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian muHkás, from Proto-Indo-European muHkós, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.

Ancestry of “muHkás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianmuHkás—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanmuHkósdumb, mute
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European muHkós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian muHkás →