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Where does “जहाँगीर” come from?

जहाँगीर (Hindi) comes from Persian جهانگیر, from Persian جهان, from Old Saxon gehan, from Proto-Germanic *jehan, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

Ancestry of “जहाँगीर”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجهانگیر—
2Persianجهانworld; universe
3Old Saxongehanto confess; to explain
4Proto-Germanic*jehan—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
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