Where does “அனந்தம்” come from?

அனந்தம் (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit अनन्त, from Sanskrit अन-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

அனந்தம் (Tamil): endlessness, boundlessness, infinity

Definitions

  1. endlessness, boundlessness, infinity

Ancestry of “அனந்தம்”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअनन्तendless, boundless, eternal, infinite; name of...
2Sanskritअन-A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Sanskrit अन- →
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