Where does “मृच्” come from?

मृच् (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit मृद्, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

मृच् (Sanskrit): to hurt, injure, annoy

Definitions

  1. to hurt, injure, annoy

Ancestry of “मृच्”, step by step

मृच् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit मृद्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमृद्earth, soil, clay; press, crush, squeeze;...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

via Proto-Indo-European merk-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmerk-wet; to decay

Words derived from “मृच्”

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