Where does “চিহ্ন” come from?

চিহ্ন (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit चिह्न, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

চিহ্ন (Bengali): sign, symbol, mark

Definitions

  1. sign, symbol, mark

Ancestry of “চিহ্ন”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritचिह्नmark, sign
2Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “চিহ্ন”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →Every word from Sanskrit चिह्न →