Where does “কথা কোৱা” come from?
কথা কোৱা (Assamese) comes from Assamese কোৱা, from Sanskrit कथयति, from Sanskrit -यति, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
কথা কোৱা (Assamese): to speak
Ancestry of “কথা কোৱা”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Assamese | কোৱা | to say; to tell; to speak |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कथयति | to tell, narrate, report, describe, relate; to... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -यति | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |