Where does “सन्नाटा” come from?
सन्नाटा (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit संनादयति, from Sanskrit नद, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nadás, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.
सन्नाटा (Hindi): total silence
Ancestry of “सन्नाटा”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | संनादयति | to cause to respond |
| 2 | Sanskrit | नद | river |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *nadás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ned- | to be wet; wet; to tie together |