Where does “पच्” come from?
पच् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.
पच् (Sanskrit): cook
Ancestry of “पच्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |