Where does “जाना-पहचाना” come from?
जाना-पहचाना (Hindi) comes from Hindi जानना, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺, from Sanskrit जानाति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
जाना-पहचाना (Hindi): known
Ancestry of “जाना-पहचाना”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | जानना | to know, comprehend, understand; to be familiar... |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जानाति | to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ānáHti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ānáHti | to know |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *ȷ́ānáHti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |