Where does “-yn” come from?

-yn (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian -ayHnah, from Proto-Iranian -a-.

Ancestry of “-yn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian-ayHnahCreates adjectives of materials
2Proto-Iranian-a-—

Words derived from “-yn”

Every word from Proto-Iranian -a- →Every word from Proto-Iranian -ayHnah →