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Where does “आतंकित” come from?

आतंकित (Hindi) comes from Hindi -इत, from Sanskrit -इत, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

आतंकित (Hindi): terrorized, scared, made fearful

Definitions

  1. terrorized, scared, made fearful

Ancestry of “आतंकित”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindi-इत-ed; forms adjectives from nouns
2Sanskrit-इत—
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →