Where does “কিছুমান” come from?
কিছুমান (Assamese) comes from Assamese কিছু, from Sanskrit किंचिद्, from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.
কিছুমান (Assamese): some, a little
Definitions
- some, a little
Ancestry of “কিছুমান”, step by step
কিছুমান traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Assamese কিছু
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assamese | কিছু | some, a little, a few |
| 2 | Sanskrit | किंचिद् | anything |
| 3 | Sanskrit | किम् | used as a particle of interrogation |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kás | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kás | who |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷós | who |
via Assamese মান
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assamese | মান | respect, honor; value, grade, degree, rank;... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मान | opinion; notion; conception; idea |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |