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Where does “प्रशु” come from?

प्रशु (Shina) comes from Sanskrit पर्शु, from Proto-Indo-Iranian párćuš, from Proto-Indo-European pérḱus — chest; rib.

प्रशु (Shina): rib

Definitions

  1. rib

Ancestry of “प्रशु”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपर्शुa rib; curved knife, sickle; name of a man
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpárćušrib
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpérḱuschest; rib
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