Where does “কেঁকোসাপ” come from?

কেঁকোসাপ (Assamese) comes from Assamese সাপ, from Sanskrit सर्प, from Sanskrit सृप्, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

কেঁকোসাপ (Assamese): gecko

Definitions

  1. gecko

Ancestry of “কেঁকোসাপ”, step by step

কেঁকোসাপ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese সাপ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseসাপsnake; lizard
2Sanskritसर्पcreeping, crawling, stealing along; a snake,...
3Sanskritसृप्to creep, crawl, glide, slink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

via Assamese কেঁকো

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকেঁকোgecko
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Sanskrit सृप् →Every word from Sanskrit सर्प →