Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c8.103

c8.103

कुच्छिमई pregnant, कुक्षि originally ‘side,’ came to signify ‘womb;’ and that womb is worthy of the name which bears a child, hence कुक्षिमती lit. ‘having a womb’ came to have the signification given. A good many of the words given by Hemachandra do not occur in the modern Vernaculars, and we have regular Tadbhavas instead; as, इग्घी a tiger, ईस a nail, &c.