Where does “ዘመን” come from?

ዘመን (Tigrinya) comes from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH — time, occasion.

ዘመን (Tigrinya): age, epoch; century

Definitions

  1. age, epoch; century

Ancestry of “ዘመን”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaic𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀time
2Old Persian*jamānātime
3Proto-Iranian*ǰámaHnaHtime, occasion
Every word from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH →Every word from Old Persian *jamānā →Every word from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 →