Where does “नवन्” come from?

नवन् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

नवन् (Sanskrit): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “नवन्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanHnáwa
2Proto-Indo-IranianHnáwanine
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian HnáwaEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnáwa