Where does “جهان‌بینی” come from?

جهان‌بینی (Persian) comes from Persian جهان, from Old Saxon gehan, from Proto-Germanic *jehan, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

جهان‌بینی (Persian): worldview

Definitions

  1. worldview

Ancestry of “جهان‌بینی”, step by step

جهان‌بینی 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 بین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبینseparation; API •; between
2Middle Persianwēn-—
3Indo-European*weyd-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →