Where does “زیٖوَن” come from?

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

زیٖوَن (Kashmiri): living, alive

Definitions

  1. living, alive

Ancestry of “زیٖوَن”, 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 →