Where does “ಜೀವನ” come from?

ಜೀವನ (Kannada) comes from Sanskrit जीवन, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

ಜೀವನ (Kannada): life, existence the period of time between birth and death

Definitions

  1. life, existence the period of time between birth and death

Ancestry of “ಜೀವನ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजीवनvivifying, giving life, enlivening; a living...
2Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →Every word from Sanskrit जीवन →