Where does “हीन” come from?

हीन (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- — to go, to walk.

हीन (Sanskrit): abandoned, forsaken, left; excluded from; bereft...

Definitions

  1. abandoned, forsaken, left; excluded from; bereft...

Ancestry of “हीन”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰHnás—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₁-nósabandoned
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁-to go, to walk

Words derived from “हीन”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás →