Etymograph

English

Janaka

Janaka comes from Sanskrit जनक ‘generative, generating, begetting, producing,…’, from जन् ‘to give birth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to beget’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEजन्jan‘to give birth’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEजनकjanaka‘generative, generating, begetting, producing, causing’
  4. EnglishtodayJanaka

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to beget’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEजन्jan‘to give birth’
  3. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEजनकjanaka‘generative, generating, begetting, producing, causing’
  4. EnglishtodayJanaka

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’

general, kind, king, engine, generation, nature, german, nation, gender, native, genuine, gene, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, indigenous, pregnant, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, noel, naive, genital, ingenious, innate, nee, germ, natal, gentile, nativity, gens, nascent, nada, naïve, puny, glycogen, genial, 116 more

Today it means

name An ancient king of Videha. The Janaka dynasty ruled the Videha kingdom in the Mithila region from the capital city of the same name.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / Janaka

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