Where does “ஜாநு” come from?

ஜாநு (Tamil) comes from Sanskrit जानु, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́nu, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

ஜாநு (Tamil): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “ஜாநு”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजानुknee; 32
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ā́nuknee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ā́nu →Every word from Sanskrit जानु →