Where does “शुभं जन्मदिनम्” come from?

शुभं जन्मदिनम् (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit जन्म, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ánHma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHma, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

शुभं जन्मदिनम् (Sanskrit): Happy birthday!

Definitions

  1. Happy birthday!

Ancestry of “शुभं जन्मदिनम्”, step by step

शुभं जन्मदिनम् traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit जन्म

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजन्मnominative singular of जन्मन्; birth
2Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ánHma—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ánHma—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁mn̥offspring, seed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Sanskrit दिन

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदिनday; cut, divided, mowed
2Proto-Indo-Aryandinámday
3Indo-Iranian*dinám—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Sanskrit शुभ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशुभauspicious; auspiciousness, beautiful; good,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewbʰ-beautiful, clean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁mn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHma →