Where does “સંન્યાસી” come from?

સંન્યાસી (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit संन्यासिन्, from Sanskrit न्यास, from Sanskrit न्यस्, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

સંન્યાસી (Gujarati): sannyasi

Definitions

sannyasi

Ancestry of “સંન્યાસી”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	संन्यासिन्	ascetic, one who has renounced the world
2	Sanskrit	न्यास	putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down
3	Sanskrit	न्यस्	to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc., e.g. भुवि, on the earth)
4	Sanskrit	नि-	into; down; without, free of
5	Proto-Indo-Iranian	ní	down, downwards; in, into
6	Proto-Indo-European	ni	down

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Sanskrit नि- →