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Where does “शून्य” come from?

शून्य (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

शून्य (Sanskrit): zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted

Definitions

  1. zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted

Ancestry of “शून्य”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—

Words derived from “शून्य”

  • cipher
  • ciphertext
  • cypher
  • sunyata
  • chiffre
  • encipher
  • encipherment
  • encipherer
  • cipherer
  • cyphertext
  • cipherlike
  • cipherable
  • cipherhood
  • uncypher
  • superencipherment
  • superencipher
  • uncipher
  • telecipher
  • cifra
  • zephirum
  • zerum
  • cifrar
  • descifrar
  • cero
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