Where does “কাঠৰোকা” come from?

কাঠৰোকা (Assamese) comes from Assamese ৰোকা, from Assamese ৰোক, from Assamese কোৰোক, from Assamese কোৰ, from Sanskrit *कोरति.

কাঠৰোকা (Assamese): black-rumped flameback

Definitions

  1. black-rumped flameback

Ancestry of “কাঠৰোকা”, step by step

কাঠৰোকা traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese ৰোকা

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseৰোকাscoop
2Assameseৰোকto scoop
3Assameseকোৰোকto scoop
4Assameseকোৰhoe
5Sanskrit*कोरति—

via Assamese কাঠ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকাঠwood
2Sanskritकाष्ठwood, timber
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab
Every word from Sanskrit *कोरति →Every word from Assamese কোৰ →Every word from Assamese কোৰোক →
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