Where does “ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ” come from?

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

ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ (Punjabi): sign, mark, spot, speck

Definitions

  1. sign, mark, spot, speck

Ancestry of “ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →Every word from Sanskrit चिह्न →