English
Murthy
Murthy comes from Sanskrit मूर्ति ‘a solid body’, and goes back to मूर्छ् ‘to assume shape’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमूर्छ्‘to assume shape’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEमूर्ति‘a solid body’
- EnglishtodayMurthy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमूर्छ्‘to assume shape’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEमूर्ति‘a solid body’
- EnglishtodayMurthy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, march, marine, murder, nightmare, mere, maritime, marsh, mortality, mortal, mare, mortar, mara, moor, morbid, morn, muller, mortuary, mort, marinate, moribund, marinara, maar, cormorant, 61 more
through Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós ‘mortal’
Today it means
name A surname from Kannada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit मूर्छ् / Murthy