Where does “اهل جهان” come from?
اهل جهان (Persian) comes from Persian جهان, from Old Saxon gehan, from Proto-Germanic *jehan, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.
اهل جهان (Persian): people of the world
Ancestry of “اهل جهان”, step by step
اهل جهان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian جهان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | جهان | world; universe |
| 2 | Old Saxon | gehan | to confess; to explain |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *jehan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |
via Persian اهل
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | اهل | people; inhabitant; citizen |
| 2 | Arabic | أَهْل | family, membership; family, kinfolk; people,... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔahl- | tent camp |
Words derived from “اهل جهان”