Where does “ਨਿਵਾਸੀ” come from?

ਨਿਵਾਸੀ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit निवासिन्, from Sanskrit नि, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

ਨਿਵਾਸੀ (Punjabi): resident, dweller, inhabitant

Definitions

  1. resident, dweller, inhabitant

Ancestry of “ਨਿਵਾਸੀ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनिवासिन्inhabitant, resident
2Sanskritनिdown; back; in, into
3Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
4Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

Words derived from “ਨਿਵਾਸੀ”

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