Etymograph

English

Janaki

Janaki 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. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEजानकीjānakī
  5. EnglishtodayJanaki

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. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEजानकीjānakī
  5. EnglishtodayJanaki

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, noel, naive, genital, ingenious, kin, innate, nee, germ, natal, gentile, nativity, gens, nascent, nada, naïve, puny, glycogen, genial, 116 more

Today it means

name An epithet (patronymic) of Sita in Ramayana.

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

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

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