Where does “कुज” come from?
कुज (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit कु, from Sanskrit कः, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.
कुज (Sanskrit): "born from the earth", i.e. a tree; "the son of...
Definitions
- "born from the earth", i.e. a tree; "the son of...
Ancestry of “कुज”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | कु | a pronominal base appearing in kútas, kútra,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कः | nominative masculine singular of किम् |
| 3 | Sanskrit | किम् | what; how, why; question marker: whether ..., do... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kás | who |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |