Where does “आज्ञा” come from?

आज्ञा (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

आज्ञा (Sanskrit): order, command; authority, unlimited power; name...

Definitions

  1. order, command; authority, unlimited power; name...

Ancestry of “आज्ञा”, step by step

आज्ञा traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit ज्ञा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritज्ञाto know
2Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́naH-—
3Proto-Indo-IranianǰnaH-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Sanskrit धर

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritधरbearing; carrying; supporting; holding;...
2Sanskritधृto hold
3Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰar-to hold, carry; to bear, support
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

Words derived from “आज्ञा”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH- →