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

Definitions

  1. to speak

Ancestry of “কথা কোৱা”, step by step

কথা কোৱা traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese কোৱা

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকোৱাto say; to tell; to speak
2Sanskritकथयतिto tell, narrate, report, describe, relate; to...
3Sanskrit-यतिforms denominative verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

via Assamese কথা

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকথাword, sentence; description, matter, story;...
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yé- →