Where does “खुरचन” come from?

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

खुरचन (Hindi): scrape, scraping

Definitions

  1. scrape, scraping

Ancestry of “खुरचन”, 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 →
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