Where does “कर्मन्” come from?

कर्मन् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

कर्मन् (Sanskrit): act, action, performance, business; office,...

Definitions

  1. act, action, performance, business; office,...

Ancestry of “कर्मन्”, step by step

कर्मन् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryankárma—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniankárma—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Sanskrit कृ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकृto make

Words derived from “कर्मन्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kárma →