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Where does “*zanH-” come from?

*zanH- (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “*zanH-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ānáHtito know
2Proto-Indo-European*ȷ́ānáHti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →