Where does “காரணம்” come from?
காரணம் (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit कारण, from Sanskrit करण, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
காரணம் (Tamil): reason, ground of an assertion or argument
Definitions
- reason, ground of an assertion or argument
Ancestry of “காரணம்”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | कारण | cause or reason of anything; instrument, means;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | करण | doing, making, effecting, causing; clever,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |
Words derived from “காரணம்”