Where does “जेठउं” come from?

जेठउं (Old Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas.

जेठउं (Old Gujarati): eldest

Definitions

  1. eldest

Ancestry of “जेठउं”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritज्येष्ठmost excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief, best,...
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́yáHištʰas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas →Every word from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ →