Where does “ಸೊನ್ನೆ” come from?
ಸೊನ್ನೆ (Kannada) comes from Old Kannada ಸುನ್ನ, from Pali sunna, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
ಸೊನ್ನೆ (Kannada): zero
Ancestry of “ಸೊನ್ನೆ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Kannada | ಸುನ್ನ | — |
| 2 | Pali | sunna | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |