Where does “जनि” come from?

जनि (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.

जनि (Sanskrit): woman, wife; birth, production; a kind of...

Definitions

  1. woman, wife; birth, production; a kind of...

Ancestry of “जनि”, step by step

जनि traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰánHs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianǰánHswoman; wife
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

via Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “जनि

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