Where does “අඟුණුව” come from?

අඟුණුව (Sinhalese) comes from Sanskrit अङ्गन, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

අඟුණුව (Sinhalese): courtyard, compound

Definitions

  1. courtyard, compound

Ancestry of “අඟුණුව”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअङ्गनthe act of walking; "place to walk in", yard,...
2Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →Every word from Sanskrit अङ्गन →
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