Etymograph

English

jaiphul

Jaiphul comes from Hindi जायफल ‘nutmeg’, from Sanskrit जाति ‘birth, production’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to produce’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tis1‘birth, production’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEजाति1jāti‘birth, production’
  4. Proto-Dravidianprehistoric (reconstructed)*paẓam1uncertain
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEफल1phala‘nutmeg’
  6. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEजातिफल2‘nutmeg’
  7. Hindic. 1500–presentजायफल3jāyphal‘nutmeg’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2011jaiphul3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Sanskrit जातिफल
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Hindi जायफल
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English jaiphul
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2011, Michael Swamy: “2 tsp nutmeg powder/jaiphul”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, Sanskrit जातिफल‘to produce’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵénh₁tisWiktionary, Sanskrit जातिफल‘birth, production’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEजातिWiktionary, Sanskrit जातिफलjāti‘birth, production’
  4. Proto-Dravidianprehistoric (reconstructed)*paẓamWiktionary, Sanskrit जातिफलuncertain
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEफलWiktionary, Sanskrit जातिफलphala‘nutmeg’
  6. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEजातिफलWiktionary, Hindi जायफल‘nutmeg’
  7. Hindic. 1500–presentजायफलWiktionary, English jaiphuljāyphal‘nutmeg’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2011jaiphulWiktionary, English jaiphul. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2011, Michael Swamy: “2 tsp nutmeg powder/jaiphul”

Linked words

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

general, king, nature, german, engine, generation, native, gender, pregnant, genuine, gene, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, indigenous, kindness, hydrogen, genocide, nationalism, genus, kin, noel, naive, innate, genital, natal, ingenious, kinder, nee, germ, nativity, nada, nascent, puny, glycogen, janata, genial, cognate, gingerly, 101 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis ‘birth, production’

kind, nation, gentle, genesis, genetics, gentile, gens, genteel, jaunty, nomen, 13 more

through Sanskrit जाति ‘birth, production’

jati

Today it means

noun nutmeg

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “jaiphul”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Sanskrit जातिफल, Hindi जायफल. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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