Where does “কেতিয়াবা” come from?

কেতিয়াবা (Assamese) comes from Assamese বা, from Sanskrit वात, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

কেতিয়াবা (Assamese): sometime

Definitions

  1. sometime

Ancestry of “কেতিয়াবা”, step by step

কেতিয়াবা traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese বা

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseবাor; মই চাহ বা কফি খাম। ― moi sah ba kophi kham. ―...
2Sanskritवातwind, air; wind-god; wind emitted from the body
3Proto-Indo-IranianHwáHataswind
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

via Assamese কেতিয়া

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseকেতিয়াwhen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts →