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Where does “सीटी” come from?

सीटी (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit शीत, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

सीटी (Hindi): a whistle; a whistle , the act of whistling

Definitions

  1. a whistle; a whistle , the act of whistling

Ancestry of “सीटी”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशीतcold
2Sanskrit-त-ed
3Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →