Where does “जनस्” come from?
जनस् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
जनस् (Sanskrit): race, class of beings
Ancestry of “जनस्”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ánHas | race, group of people |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónh₁os | birth; offspring |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |