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Where does “स्थग” come from?

स्थग (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan stʰagáti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

स्थग (Sanskrit): cunning, fraudulent, to cover, to conceal

Definitions

  1. cunning, fraudulent, to cover, to conceal

Ancestry of “स्थग”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanstʰagátito cover, conceal, make invisible
2Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “स्थग”

  • thug
  • thuggish
  • thuggery
  • thugging
  • thuggishness
  • thuggy
  • thuglike
  • thuggishly
  • thugdom
  • thuglet
  • thugness
  • cyberthug
  • thugette
  • thugification
  • ठगी
  • ठग
  • ?????-
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