Etymograph

English

janeu

Janeu comes from Hindi जनेऊ ‘janeu: a sacred thread worn by Hindu men’, from Sanskrit यज्ञ ‘worship, devotion, prayer, praise’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-‘to sacrifice, worship’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-nósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*Hyaȷ́nás‘worship’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयज्ञyajña‘worship, devotion, prayer, praise’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEउपव्येupavye
  6. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEउपवीतupavīta‘the sacred thread worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm by the three…’
  7. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEयज्ञोपवीतyajñopavīta‘the sacred thread worn by boys and men of the three द्विज castes’
  8. Prakritmodern𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅jaṇṇovavīa
  9. Hindic. 1500–presentजनेऊjaneū‘janeu: a sacred thread worn by Hindu men’
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2003janeu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-‘to sacrifice, worship’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-nósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*Hyaȷ́nás‘worship’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEयज्ञyajña‘worship, devotion, prayer, praise’
  5. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEउपव्येupavye
  6. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEउपवीतupavīta‘the sacred thread worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm by the three…’
  7. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEयज्ञोपवीतyajñopavīta‘the sacred thread worn by boys and men of the three द्विज castes’
  8. Prakritmodern𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅jaṇṇovavīa
  9. Hindic. 1500–presentजनेऊjaneū‘janeu: a sacred thread worn by Hindu men’
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2003janeu

Earliest quotation: 2003, Bhawan Singh Rana, Indian Critiques of Gandhi: “The words bring back the memory of Tegh Bahadur,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- ‘to sacrifice, worship’

dinner, dine, 8 more

Today it means

noun A sacred thread or cord received as a rite of passage by someone studying under a guru.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- / janeu

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