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Where does “कर्तृ” come from?

कर्तृ (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

Ancestry of “कर्तृ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकृto make
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

Words derived from “कर्तृ”

  • Ĝakarto
  • कर्ता
  • प्रयोगकर्ता
  • जकार्ता
  • कर्तृत्व
  • कर्तृत्व
  • जयकर्ता
  • कर्ता
  • Jakarta
  • kattar
  • कर्तृत्व
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