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janessati

janeti

fut 3rd sg of janeti (verb)

1. generates; produces; lit. causes to be born
2. gives birth (to); lit. causes to be born

Built from

• jan — root · to be born, produce
  The root expressing generation and birth; cognate with Latin generō 'I beget', Greek gígnomai 'to become', English kin, kind — all from PIE *gen-.
• e — stem · causative marker
  The -e- vowel grades the root into causative voice: janeti 'causes to be born', from the underlying sense of the root.
• ssa — ending · future
  The future marker -ssa- (from PIE *-is-ya-) marks the action as futile or prospective; -ti is 3rd person singular present, shifting here to future sense.
• ti — ending · 3rd singular
  Marks 3rd person singular active voice.

Etymology. √jan, 'to be born, to produce', from PIE *gen- (also Latin generō, Greek gignōskō 'to know' and gignomai 'to become', English kin, kind). The root is concrete: it denotes the natural act of generation and birth; the verb then extends to causing or producing anything. The future stem -essa- (from *-is-ya-) marks futurity.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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