Where does “जट” come from?
जट (Sanskrit) comes from Portuguese gentio, from Latin genitivus, from Latin genitus, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
जट (Sanskrit): wearing twisted locks of hair
Definitions
- wearing twisted locks of hair
Ancestry of “जट”, step by step
जट traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese gentio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | gentio | gentile; heathen |
| 2 | Latin | genitivus | Alternative form of genetīvus; pertaining to... |
| 3 | Latin | genitus | begotten; engendered; produced |
| 4 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 | joined |
| 2 | Sanskrit | युक्त | yoked, fastened, harnessed to; set to work,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yugtás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yugtós | yoked, joined |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |
via Sanskrit जटा
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | जटा | matted hair; hair twisted together; fibrous root |