Where does “mugdʰás” come from?

mugdʰás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian mugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawgʰ- — to err, to deviate, to be foolish.

Ancestry of “mugdʰás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmugdʰás
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmawgʰ-to err, to deviate, to be foolish
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawgʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mugdʰás