an etymological journey from the Ganges to the Thames ...... (n.b. In this blog, the symbol ♣ is used to mean “is cognate with.”)
जाना جانا ♣ Eng. ion, January
[jānā], v.i. to go, be lost.
[◀MIA: Pk. jāi, jāï ‘goes, goes on’; Pa. yāti ‘goes, goes on’ ◀OIA yā́ti ‘goes, approaches, comes to’ RV. <√yā ‘go’ ◀PIE *ei- ‘to go’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. exit, issue, sudden, ion, initial, itinerary, January, Janus ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0373; (Turner, 1966) 10452, p.604; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 552; (MW, 1899) 0849; (Pokorny, 1959) 0293; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.407
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