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Where does “कषाय” come from?

कषाय (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European kars-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

Ancestry of “कषाय”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankars-to rub, scrape, scratch; to scratch, scrape, rub,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
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