Where does “ജീനി” come from?

ജീനി (Malayalam) comes from English Genie, from French génie, from Latin genius, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ജീനി (Malayalam): genie

Definitions

  1. genie

Ancestry of “ജീനി”, step by step

ജീനി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Genie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGeniediminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene
2Frenchgéniegenie; genius
3Latingeniusthe deity or guardian spirit of a person, place,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Classical Persian زین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianزین
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Latin geniusEvery word from French génie
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