Where does “चूडाकरण” come from?

चूडाकरण (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit करण, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

चूडाकरण (Sanskrit): ‘forming the crest’, the ceremony of tonsure (= चौल, one of the 12 purificatory rites performed on a child in the 1st or 3rd year)

Definitions

  1. ‘forming the crest’, the ceremony of tonsure (= चौल, one of the 12 purificatory rites performed on a child in the 1st or 3rd year)

Ancestry of “चूडाकरण”, step by step

चूडाकरण traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit करण

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकरणdoing, making, effecting, causing; clever,...
2Sanskritकृto make
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

via Sanskrit चूडा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritचूडाhead hair
2Sanskritचूडprotuberance on brick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit करण →