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Where does “क्षित” come from?

क्षित (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan gẓʰitás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gžʰitás, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰi-tós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

क्षित (Sanskrit): wasted, decayed, exhausted

Definitions

  1. wasted, decayed, exhausted

Ancestry of “क्षित”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryangẓʰitás—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniangžʰitás—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰi-tós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish
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