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Where does “क्षल्” come from?

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

Ancestry of “क्षल्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritक्षर्to flow, melt, perish
2Proto-Indo-Aryangẓʰar-to flow, to stream; to melt, wane, perish
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰéretito flow, to melt
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