Where does “चिन्ह” come from?

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

चिन्ह (Marathi): sign, mark

Definitions

  1. sign, mark

Ancestry of “चिन्ह”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritचिह्नmark, sign
2Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Sanskrit -अनEvery word from Sanskrit चिह्न
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