Where does “ऊन” come from?

ऊन (Marathi) comes from Sanskrit उष्ण, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Huṣṇás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hušnás, from Proto-Indo-European h₁usnós.

ऊन (Marathi): warm, hot

Definitions

  1. warm, hot

Ancestry of “ऊन”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritउष्णwarm, hot; onion
2Proto-Indo-AryanHuṣṇás—
3Proto-Indo-IranianHušnás—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁usnós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁usnós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hušnás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan Huṣṇás →