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

Definitions

  1. the liver

Ancestry of “यकृत्”, step by step

यकृत् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian *yákr̥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*yákr̥liver
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyókʷr̥liver
3Proto-Indo-European-r̥Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns

via Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver

Words derived from “यकृत्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yákr̥ →