English
janata
Janata comes from Hindi जनता ‘common folk’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, give birth’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, give birth’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEजनताjanatā‘people, folk’
- Hindic. 1500–presentजनताjantā‘common folk’
- Englishtodayjanata
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce, give birth’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEजनताjanatā‘people, folk’
- Hindic. 1500–presentजनताjantā‘common folk’
- Englishtodayjanata
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, give birth’
general, kind, king, engine, german, generation, gender, nature, nation, genuine, gene, genius, oxygen, ken, native, genre, gentle, indigenous, pregnant, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, noel, naive, ingenious, genital, nee, germ, gentile, innate, gens, nascent, nada, naïve, puny, nativity, glycogen, genial, genteel, 115 more
Today it means
noun The people; the populace.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / janata