Where does “मेष” come from?

मेष (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European móysos — sheep, skin of sheep.

मेष (Sanskrit): ram, sheep; fleece; anything woollen; the sign of...

Definitions

  1. ram, sheep; fleece; anything woollen; the sign of...

Ancestry of “मेष”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmayšásram
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmóysossheep, skin of sheep

Words derived from “मेष

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