Where does “शकृत्” come from?

शकृत् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European ḱókʷr̥ — excrement.

शकृत् (Sanskrit): dung, excrement, faeces, manure, (especially) cowdung

Definitions

  1. dung, excrement, faeces, manure, (especially) cowdung

Ancestry of “शकृत्”, step by step

शकृत् traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćákr̥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćákr̥dung, excrement, faeces
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱókʷr̥excrement

via Indo-Iranian *ćákr̥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-Iranian*ćákr̥—

Words derived from “शकृत्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱókʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćákr̥ →