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Where does “वृक” come from?

वृक (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian wŕ̥kas, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

वृक (Sanskrit): a wolf; plough; thunderbolt

Definitions

  1. a wolf; plough; thunderbolt

Ancestry of “वृक”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianwŕ̥kaswolf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

Words derived from “वृक”

  • వృకము
  • वृक
  • उरुक
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