Where does “-न” come from?

-न (Sanskrit) comes from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

-न (Sanskrit): forms nouns from roots

Definitions

  1. forms nouns from roots

Ancestry of “-न”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-nus-an
2Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “-न”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Proto-Italic -nos →