Where does “কাহ” come from?

কাহ (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit कासते, from Sanskrit कास्, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- — to cough.

কাহ (Assamese): cough

Definitions

  1. cough

Ancestry of “কাহ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकासतेto cough
2Sanskritकास्to cough
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₂s-to cough
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂s- →Every word from Sanskrit कास् →Every word from Sanskrit कासते →