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Where does “जमाई” come from?

जमाई (Hindi) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit ???????, 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.

जमाई (Hindi): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “जमाई”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sauraseni Prakrit???????—
2Sanskritजामातृa son-in-law
3Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ā́mātā—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ā́mātāson-in-law
5Proto-Indo-European*ȷ́ā́mātā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵem-to marry
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