Where does “অন্য” come from?
অন্য (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit अन्य, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hanyás, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en — there.
অন্য (Assamese): other, different, someone else
Definitions
- other, different, someone else
Ancestry of “অন্য”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अन्य | other, different; other than, different from,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hanyás | other |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en | there |