Where does “तर्कु” come from?

तर्कु (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan tarkúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tarkúš, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

तर्कु (Sanskrit): spindle

Definitions

  1. spindle

Ancestry of “तर्कु”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryantarkúṣ—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniantarkúš—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “तर्कु”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tarkúš →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan tarkúṣ →