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jāneyyaṁ

jānāti

1st person singular optative (potential mood)

1. would know
2. might understand
3. could perceive

Built from

• jā — root · know, perceive
  Root expressing knowledge and direct understanding; cognate with Latin noscere and English know.
• neyyaṁ — ending · optative 1st sg.
  The -eyya- is the optative mood marker (potential/wished action), -ṁ marks first person singular. In this sentence it expresses what the speaker could or would know.

Analysis. jāneyyaṁ is the optative form of jānāti (to know), built from the subjunctive stem jāne- with optative ending -yyaṁ, expressing a potential or wished action.

Etymology. From Indo-European *gn̥-sḱe/o- (Latin noscere 'to know', English know, Greek gignṓskein). The -ṁ is first person singular marker.

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

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