PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN
ROOT
EXTENSIONS
• OInd. khan-/khā- 'dig' (Whitney 1885: 32); 'dig up', 'delve', 'turn up the soil', 'excavate', 'root up'; 'pierce' (said of an arrow) (MW: 336)
References
MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.