Where does “अनपढ़” come from?

अनपढ़ (Hindi) comes from Hindi -अन, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

अनपढ़ (Hindi): illiterate; uneducated

Definitions

  1. illiterate; uneducated

Ancestry of “अनपढ़”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindi-अनprocess; nominal suffix
2Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →Every word from Hindi -अन →