Where does “ਹੁਣ” come from?
ਹੁਣ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit अधुना, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
ਹੁਣ (Punjabi): now, currently
Ancestry of “ਹੁਣ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अधुना | at this time, now |
| 2 | Sanskrit | -इक | adjectival suffix; doer |
| 3 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |