Where does “दुष्” come from?

दुष् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.

दुष् (Sanskrit): to become bad, corrupted

Definitions

  1. to become bad, corrupted

Ancestry of “दुष्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandus-bad
2Proto-Indo-Europeandēwǝ-to fail, be behind, be lacking

Words derived from “दुष्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dus- →