Where does “ਅਕ਼ਲ” come from?

ਅਕ਼ਲ (Punjabi) comes from Old Punjabi ਅਕਲਿ, from Arabic عقل, from Classical Persian جَان, from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗, from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyaHnás, from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁‑ — to breathe.

ਅਕ਼ਲ (Punjabi): intelligence, intellect, reason, reasoning, facility, understanding, wit, wisdom, sagacity, perspicacity

Definitions

  1. intelligence, intellect, reason, reasoning, facility, understanding, wit, wisdom, sagacity, perspicacity

Ancestry of “ਅਕ਼ਲ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Punjabiਅਕਲਿreason, sense, understanding
2Arabicعقلverbal noun of عَقَلَ; understanding, reason,...
3Classical Persianجَان—
4Middle Persian𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗—
5Proto-Iranian*wyaHnáH—
6Proto-Indo-IranianwyaHnás—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁‑to breathe

Words derived from “ਅਕ਼ਲ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁‑ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyaHnás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH →