Where does “अक्ष” come from?

अक्ष (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háćšas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éḱs-os.

अक्ष (Sanskrit): axle, axis; wheel, car, cart; the beam of a...

Definitions

  1. axle, axis; wheel, car, cart; the beam of a...

Ancestry of “अक्ष”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianHáćšasaxle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éḱs-os—

Words derived from “अक्ष”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éḱs-os →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háćšas →