Where does “cian” come from?

cian (Crimean Tatar) comes from Persian جهان, from Old Saxon gehan, from Proto-Germanic *jehan, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

cian (Crimean Tatar): universe, the world

Definitions

  1. universe, the world

Ancestry of “cian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجهانworld; universe
2Old Saxongehanto confess; to explain
3Proto-Germanic*jehan—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →