Where does “खींचतान” come from?

खींचतान (Hindi) comes from Hindi तान, from Sanskrit तान, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European tónos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

खींचतान (Hindi): tugging, pulling; tug of war

Definitions

  1. tugging, pulling; tug of war

Ancestry of “खींचतान”, step by step

खींचतान traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi तान

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiतानtaan: a kind of singing technique; tone; sound,...
2Sanskritतानfibre; tone; monotonous tone
3Proto-Indo-Iraniantā́nas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantónossomething stretched; chord, fiber, string
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Hindi खींच

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiखींचpulling, extending, tugging, drawing
2Hindiखींचनाto pull; to stretch; to draw tight
3Ashokan Prakrit??????-to drag, pull
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tónos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tā́nas →