Where does “उपन्यास” come from?
उपन्यास (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit न्यास, from Sanskrit न्यस्, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.
Ancestry of “उपन्यास”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | न्यास | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | न्यस् | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नि- | into; down; without, free of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ní | down, downwards; in, into |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ni | down |
Words derived from “उपन्यास”