Where does “അഹിംസ” come from?

അഹിംസ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit अहिंसा, from Sanskrit हिंसा, from Sanskrit हिंस्, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys-.

അഹിംസ (Malayalam): nonviolence

Definitions

  1. nonviolence

Ancestry of “അഹിംസ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअहिंसाnonviolence; harmlessness; security, safety
2Sanskritहिंसाinjury, mischief, wrong, harm, hurt; killing,...
3Sanskritहिंस्to injure, harm, wound, kill, destroy
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeys-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- →Every word from Sanskrit हिंस् →Every word from Sanskrit हिंसा →