Where does “अणइ” come from?
अणइ (Old Gujarati) comes from Gurjar Apabhramsa अण्णइ, from Sanskrit अन्य, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hanyás, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en — there.
Ancestry of “अणइ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Gurjar Apabhramsa | अण्णइ | and |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अन्य | other, different; other than, different from,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hanyás | other |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en | there |