Where does “जावाइ” come from?
जावाइ (Old Marathi) comes from Sanskrit जामातृ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European ǵem- — to marry.
जावाइ (Old Marathi): a son-in-law
Ancestry of “जावाइ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | जामातृ | a son-in-law |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ā́mātā | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ā́mātā | son-in-law |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *ȷ́ā́mātā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵem- | to marry |