Where does “क्ष्णौति” come from?

क्ष्णौति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšnáwti, from Proto-Indo-European ksnéwti, from Proto-Indo-European kes- — to scrape, comb.

क्ष्णौति (Sanskrit): to whet, sharpen

Definitions

  1. to whet, sharpen

Ancestry of “क्ष्णौति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*kšnáwtito whet, sharpen
2Proto-Indo-Europeanksnéwtito scrape, sharpen
3Proto-Indo-Europeankes-to scrape, comb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ksnéwti →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšnáwti →