Where does “কাঁটাচামুচ” come from?
কাঁটাচামুচ (Assamese) comes from Assamese চামুচ, from Classical Persian چَمْچَه, from Proto-Turkic kamïč.
কাঁটাচামুচ (Assamese): fork
Ancestry of “কাঁটাচামুচ”, step by step
কাঁটাচামুচ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Assamese চামুচ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Assamese | চামুচ | spoon |
| 2 | Classical Persian | چَمْچَه | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | kamïč | — |
via Assamese কাটা
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Assamese | কাটা | cut; reduced |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कण्टक | a thorn; anything pointed, the point of a pin or... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कृन्तति | to cut, tear, shred, sever, divide |