Where does “ශිශ්නය” come from?

ශිශ්නය (Sinhalese) comes from Sanskrit शिश्न, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćnatʰ-.

ශිශ්නය (Sinhalese): penis

Definitions

  1. penis

Ancestry of “ශිශ්නය”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशिश्नphallus, penis
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćnatʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćnatʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit शिश्न →