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Where does “तनू” come from?

तनू (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European tenuh₂- — body.

तनू (Sanskrit): body, person, self; form or manifestation

Definitions

  1. body, person, self; form or manifestation

Ancestry of “तनू”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IraniantanúHsbody, self
2Proto-Indo-Europeantenuh₂-body

Words derived from “तनू”

  • تن
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