Where does “श्येन” come from?

श्येन (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaynás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱy-ey-nó-s.

श्येन (Sanskrit): a hawk, falcon or eagle; The name of a divine...

Definitions

  1. a hawk, falcon or eagle; The name of a divine...

Ancestry of “श्येन”, step by step

श्येन traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaynás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianćyaynásfalcon
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱy-ey-nó-s—

via Proto-Indo-Aryan *śyaynás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryan*śyaynás—

Words derived from “श्येन”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱy-ey-nó-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaynás →