Where does “क्षर्” come from?

क्षर् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰéreti — to flow, to melt.

क्षर् (Sanskrit): to flow, melt, perish

Definitions

  1. to flow, melt, perish

Ancestry of “क्षर्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryangẓʰar-to flow, to stream; to melt, wane, perish
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰéretito flow, to melt

Words derived from “क्षर्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰéreti →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰar- →