Where does “কাঁইটীয়া চামুচ” come from?

কাঁইটীয়া চামুচ (Assamese) comes from Assamese কাঁইটীয়া, from Assamese -ঈয়া, from Sanskrit -ईय, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas.

কাঁইটীয়া চামুচ (Assamese): fork

Definitions

  1. fork

Ancestry of “কাঁইটীয়া চামুচ”, step by step

কাঁইটীয়া চামুচ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese কাঁইটীয়া

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকাঁইটীয়াthorny, prickly
2Assamese-ঈয়াone from, belonging to, relating to, or like;...
3Sanskrit-ईयrelated to
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*-iHyas—

via Assamese চামুচ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseচামুচspoon
2Classical Persianچَمْچَه—
3Proto-Turkickamïč—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas →Every word from Sanskrit -ईय →Every word from Assamese -ঈয়া →