Where does “Jahan” come from?

Jahan comes from Persian جهان, from Middle Persian gyhʾn', from Proto-Iranian gay-θā-, originally meaning "place where one goes."

Ancestry of “Jahan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجهانworld; universe
2Old Saxongehanto confess; to explain
3Proto-Germanic*jehan—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

Words derived from “Jahan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →