Where does “ज्ञान” come from?

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

ज्ञान (Sanskrit): knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality)

Definitions

  1. knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality)

Ancestry of “ज्ञान”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ज्ञान”

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