Where does “क्ष” come from?

क्ष (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰā́s, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰžā́s.

क्ष (Sanskrit): field; the protector or cultivator of a field,...

Definitions

  1. field; the protector or cultivator of a field,...

Ancestry of “क्ष”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryangẓʰā́s—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰžā́s—

Words derived from “क्ष”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰžā́s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰā́s →