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

Definitions

  1. people of the world

Ancestry of “اهل جهان”, step by step

اهل جهان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian جهان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجهانworld; universe
2Old Saxongehanto confess; to explain
3Proto-Germanic*jehan
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

via Persian اهل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاهلpeople; inhabitant; citizen
2Arabicأَهْلfamily, membership; family, kinfolk; people,...
3Proto-Semitic*ʔahl-tent camp

Words derived from “اهل جهان

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek-Every word from Proto-Germanic *jehanEvery word from Old Saxon gehan