Where does “ਕੁਹਾੜਾ” come from?

ਕੁਹਾੜਾ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit कुठार, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu — date palm.

ਕੁਹਾੜਾ (Punjabi): (large) ax

Definitions

  1. (large) ax

Ancestry of “ਕੁਹਾੜਾ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकुठारaxe; hoe, spade
2Dravidiandra—
3Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu →Every word from Dravidian dra →Every word from Sanskrit कुठार →