Where does “কটা” come from?

কটা (Assamese) comes from Assamese কটি, from Sanskrit कति, from Proto-Indo-European kʷoti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

কটা (Assamese): cut; reduced; spend, pass

Definitions

  1. cut; reduced; spend, pass

Ancestry of “কটা”, step by step

কটা traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese কটি

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকটিbuttock (vulgar)
2Sanskritकतिhow many
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷotihow many?
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root

via Sanskrit कण्टक

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकण्टकa thorn; anything pointed, the point of a pin or...
2Sanskritकृन्ततिto cut, tear, shred, sever, divide

via Assamese কাট

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকাটcut
2Sanskritकर्ततिto cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷoti →