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
Ancestry of “əhli-cahan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | اهل جهان | people of the world |
| 2 | Persian | جهان | world; universe |
| 3 | Old Saxon | gehan | to confess; to explain |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *jehan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |