Where does “मृत्यु” come from?

मृत्यु (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit मृ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mar-.

मृत्यु (Sanskrit): death, dying; Death personified, the god of...

Definitions

  1. death, dying; Death personified, the god of...

Ancestry of “मृत्यु”, step by step

मृत्यु traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit मृ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमृto die
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*mar-—

via Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥tyúš

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmr̥tyúšdeath
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “मृत्यु”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mar- →Every word from Sanskrit मृ →