Where does “ဇနီး” come from?

ဇနီး (Burmese) comes from Sanskrit जनी, from Sanskrit जनि, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.

ဇနီး (Burmese): wife

Definitions

  1. wife

Ancestry of “ဇနီး”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजनीa woman, wife
2Sanskritजनिwoman, wife; birth, production; a kind of...
3Proto-Indo-IranianǰánHswoman; wife
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰánHs →