Where does “कीट” come from?

कीट (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan kirtás.

कीट (Sanskrit): a worm, insect

Definitions

  1. a worm, insect

Ancestry of “कीट”, step by step

कीट traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan kirtás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryankirtás

via Proto-Indo-Aryan kirtas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryankirtas

Words derived from “कीट

Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kirtás