Where does “কি কাৰণে” come from?

কি কাৰণে (Assamese) comes from Assamese কি, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

কি কাৰণে (Assamese): why?

Definitions

  1. why?

Ancestry of “কি কাৰণে”, step by step

কি কাৰণে traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese কি

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকিwhat?
2Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
3Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Assamese কাৰণ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকাৰণreason; cause
2Sanskritकारणcause or reason of anything; instrument, means;...
3Sanskritकरणdoing, making, effecting, causing; clever,...
4Sanskritकृto make
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás →