Where does “ਮੁੱਖ” come from?
ਮੁੱਖ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit मुख्य, from Sanskrit मुख, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkʰam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múkHam.
ਮੁੱਖ (Punjabi): main, chief, principal
Ancestry of “ਮੁੱਖ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | मुख्य | chief; being at the head or at the beginning,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मुख | mouth; face; visage |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múkʰam | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múkHam | — |