Where does “क्षालन” come from?
क्षालन (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit क्षल्, from Sanskrit क्षर्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰéreti — to flow, to melt.
Ancestry of “क्षालन”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | क्षल् | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | क्षर् | to flow, melt, perish |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | gẓʰar- | to flow, to stream; to melt, wane, perish |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰgʷʰéreti | to flow, to melt |