Where does “જાણ” come from?
જાણ (Gujarati) comes from Gujarati જાણવું, from Old Gujarati जाणिवउं, from Sauraseni Prakrit ?????, from Ashokan Prakrit ?????, from Sanskrit जानाति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ȷ́ānáHti — to know.
Ancestry of “જાણ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gujarati | જાણવું | to know |
| 2 | Old Gujarati | जाणिवउं | to know |
| 3 | Sauraseni Prakrit | ????? | — |
| 4 | Ashokan Prakrit | ????? | to know |
| 5 | Sanskrit | जानाति | to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ānáHti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ānáHti | to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ȷ́ānáHti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |