Where does “मृद्” come from?

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

मृद् (Sanskrit): earth, soil, clay; press, crush, squeeze;...

Definitions

  1. earth, soil, clay; press, crush, squeeze;...

Ancestry of “मृद्”, step by step

मृद् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European (s)meld-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

via Proto-Indo-European ml̥dʰo-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanml̥dʰo-—

Words derived from “मृद्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →