Where does “جهان” come from?
جهان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Classical Persian جهان, from Old Saxon gehan, from Proto-Germanic *jehan, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.
جهان (Ottoman Turkish): world; universe
Ancestry of “جهان”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | جهان | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | gehan | to confess; to explain |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *jehan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |