Where does “तर्जन” come from?

तर्जन (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

तर्जन (Sanskrit): threatening, scolding

Definitions

  1. threatening, scolding

Ancestry of “तर्जन”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →
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