Where does “मुस्कुराहट” come from?

मुस्कुराहट (Hindi) comes from Hindi -आहट, from Sanskrit -तव्य, from Sanskrit -य, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

मुस्कुराहट (Hindi): a smile

Definitions

  1. a smile

Ancestry of “मुस्कुराहट”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindi-आहट-ness
2Sanskrit-तव्यforms the future passive participle
3Sanskrit-यsuffix denoting state or origin
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Sanskrit -य →Every word from Hindi -आहट →