Where does “jai” come from?
jai (Old French) comes from Latin gaius, from Proto-Italic *Gāwjos, from Proto-Indo-European geh₂w- — to rejoice.
jai (Old French): jay
Ancestry of “jai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | gaius | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *Gāwjos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | geh₂w- | to rejoice |