Where does “-ਹੀਣ” come from?

-ਹੀਣ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit हीन, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- — to go, to walk.

-ਹੀਣ (Punjabi): less (Usually added to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun)

Definitions

  1. less (Usually added to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun)

Ancestry of “-ਹੀਣ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritहीनabandoned, forsaken, left; excluded from; bereft...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰHnás—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₁-nósabandoned
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁-to go, to walk

Words derived from “-ਹੀਣ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás →