Where does “ध्वन्यात्मक” come from?
ध्वन्यात्मक (Hindi) comes from Hindi ध्वनि, from Sanskrit ध्वनि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dʰwaníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwaníš, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.
ध्वन्यात्मक (Hindi): phonetic
Ancestry of “ध्वन्यात्मक”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | ध्वनि | sound, tone |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ध्वनि | sound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | dʰwaníṣ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰwaníš | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwen- | make a noise |