Where does “nyšʾn'” come from?

nyšʾn' (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian ni-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

nyšʾn' (Middle Persian): mark, sign; banner

Definitions

  1. mark, sign; banner

Ancestry of “nyšʾn'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianni-down
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
3Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

Words derived from “nyšʾn'”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Proto-Iranian ni- →