Where does “-হীন” come from?

-হীন (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit हीन, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- — to go, to walk.

-হীন (Bengali): Suffix appended to nouns to create adjectives,...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to nouns to create adjectives,...

Ancestry of “-হীন”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritहीनabandoned, forsaken, left; excluded from; bereft...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰHnás—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₁-nósabandoned
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁-to go, to walk

Words derived from “-হীন”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás →