Where does “दर्दनाक” come from?

दर्दनाक (Hindi) comes from Hindi -नाक, from Sanskrit -अक, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

दर्दनाक (Hindi): painful, tragic

Definitions

  1. painful, tragic

Ancestry of “दर्दनाक”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindi-नाक—
2Sanskrit-अक-er
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -अक →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas →