English

tikor

Tikor comes from Hindi तीखुर.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of त्रि ‘three’ + क्षुर ‘a razor’

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes ‘three’

Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas ‘three’

Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas

Sanskrit त्रि ‘three’

Proto-Indo-European *ksew- ‘to scrape, shave’

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšurás ‘razor, knife’

Sanskrit क्षुर ‘a razor’

Every English word from Hindi तीखुर

noun A starch or arrowroot made from the tubers of an East Indian zinziberaceous plant related to turmeric, (Curcuma angustifolia).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.