Where does “džinn” come from?

džinn (Estonian) comes from German Gin, from English gin, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

džinn (Estonian): gin; genie; jinni

Definitions

  1. gin; genie; jinni

Ancestry of “džinn”, step by step

džinn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGingin (a kind of liquor containing juniper berries)
2EnglishginA colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by...
3Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
4Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
5Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
7Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
8Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Arabic جِنّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجِنّjinns; jinn, spirit, demon; jinn, demon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos
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