Where does “सहजीवन” come from?
सहजीवन (Hindi) comes from Hindi जीवन, from Sanskrit जीवन, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
सहजीवन (Hindi): symbiosis; coexistence
Ancestry of “सहजीवन”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | जीवन | life, existence, subsistence |
| 2 | Sanskrit | जीवन | vivifying, giving life, enlivening; a living... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -अन | forms neuter nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |