Where does “ਜਹਾਨ” come from?

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

ਜਹਾਨ (Punjabi): world, earth

Definitions

  1. world, earth

Ancestry of “ਜਹਾਨ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجهانworld; universe
2Old Saxongehanto confess; to explain
3Proto-Germanic*jehan—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *jehan →Every word from Old Saxon gehan →