Where does “दुर्मनस्” come from?

दुर्मनस् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dušmánās, from Proto-Indo-European *dusmenēs — ill-disposed.

दुर्मनस् (Sanskrit): in bad or low spirits, sad, melancholy

Definitions

  1. in bad or low spirits, sad, melancholy

Ancestry of “दुर्मनस्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*dušmánāsill-dispositioned
2Proto-Indo-European*dusmenēsill-disposed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dusmenēsEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dušmánās