Where does “ചിഹ്നം” come from?

ചിഹ്നം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit चिह्न, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

ചിഹ്നം (Malayalam): symbol

Definitions

  1. symbol

Ancestry of “ചിഹ്നം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritचिह्नmark, sign
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 चिह्न →
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