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Where does “वल्क” come from?

वल्क (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan walkás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian warkás, from Proto-Indo-European wolko-.

वल्क (Sanskrit): bark; the scales of a fish

Definitions

  1. bark; the scales of a fish

Ancestry of “वल्क”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanwalkás—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwarkásbark, leaf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwolko-—
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