Where does “-इन्” come from?

-इन् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

-इन् (Sanskrit): possessing, showing possession, doer

Definitions

  1. possessing, showing possession, doer

Ancestry of “-इन्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
2Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “-इन्”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →