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
- abandoned, forsaken, left; excluded from; bereft...
Ancestry of “हीन”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰHnás | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰh₁-nós | abandoned |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁- | to go, to walk |