Where does “जीवन” come from?

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

जीवन (Marathi): life

Definitions

  1. life

Ancestry of “जीवन”, 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 →