Where does “शकार” come from?

शकार (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit कार, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

शकार (Sanskrit): The name of the Devanagari letter श; The sound of...

Definitions

शकार traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	कार	gain, prize, booty; contest, war; an act, action
2	Sanskrit	कृ	to make
3	Proto-Indo-European	kʷer-	to do; to make; to build

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	श	—
2	Proto-Indo-European	ḱewh₁-	to swell; to be strong