Where does “फाँसना” come from?
फाँसना (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit स्पाशयति, from Sanskrit -अयति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-áyati, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Ancestry of “फाँसना”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | स्पाशयति | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -अयति | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *-áyati | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |