Where does “জমাই” come from?

জমাই (Early Assamese) comes from Sanskrit जामातृ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European ǵem- — to marry.

জমাই (Early Assamese): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “জমাই”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजामातृa son-in-law
2Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ā́mātā—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ā́mātāson-in-law
4Proto-Indo-European*ȷ́ā́mātā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵem-to marry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ȷ́ā́mātā →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́mātā →