Where does “शहाणा” come from?

शहाणा (Marathi) comes from Old Marathi सेहाणा, from Sanskrit सज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “शहाणा”, step by step

शहाणा traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Marathi सेहाणा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Marathiसेहाणा
2Sanskritसज्ञान
3Sanskritज्ञानknowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality)
4Sanskritज्ञाto know
5Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́naH-
6Proto-Indo-IranianǰnaH-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Old Marathi स्याहाण

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Marathiस्याहाण

via Old Marathi सिहाण

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Marathiसिहाण
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-