Where does “यकृत्” come from?
यकृत् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥, from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ — Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns.
यकृत् (Sanskrit): the liver
Ancestry of “यकृत्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *yákr̥ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | yókʷr̥ | liver |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -r̥ | Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns |
Words derived from “यकृत्”