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Where does “pawHākás” come from?

pawHākás (Proto-Indo-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

Ancestry of “pawHākás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “pawHākás”

  • पावक
  • pawaka
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