Where does “सयाना” come from?
सयाना (Awadhi) comes from Sanskrit सज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
सयाना (Awadhi): clever, smart
Ancestry of “सयाना”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | सज्ञान | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ज्ञान | knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, ... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | ज्ञा | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́naH- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰnaH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |