Where does “əhli-cahan” come from?

əhli-cahan (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian اهل جهان, from Persian جهان, from Old Saxon gehan, from Proto-Germanic *jehan, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

əhli-cahan (Azerbaijani): people of the world

Definitions

  1. people of the world

Ancestry of “əhli-cahan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاهل جهانpeople of the world
2Persianجهانworld; universe
3Old Saxongehanto confess; to explain
4Proto-Germanic*jehan—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *jehan →Every word from Old Saxon gehan →