Where does “কিহৰ কাৰণে” come from?

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

কিহৰ কাৰণে (Assamese): why?

Definitions

  1. why?

Ancestry of “কিহৰ কাৰণে”, step by step

কিহৰ কাৰণে traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese কিহ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AssameseকিহAlternative form of কি
2Assameseকিwhat?
3Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
4Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
6Proto-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 →