Where does “গছ ভালুক” come from?
গছ ভালুক (Assamese) comes from Assamese ভালুক, from Sanskrit भल्लूक, from Sanskrit भल्ल, from Sanskrit *भद्ल, from Sanskrit भद्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰadrás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰn̥d-ró-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰend- — to be happy.
গছ ভালুক (Assamese): sun bear
Definitions
- sun bear
Ancestry of “গছ ভালুক”, step by step
গছ ভালুক traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Assamese ভালুক
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assamese | ভালুক | bear; sloth bear |
| 2 | Sanskrit | भल्लूक | bear |
| 3 | Sanskrit | भल्ल | auspicious |
| 4 | Sanskrit | *भद्ल | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | भद्र | blessed, auspicious, fortunate, prosperous,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰadrás | auspicious, blessed, fortunate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰn̥d-ró-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰend- | to be happy |
via Assamese গছ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assamese | গছ | plant |
| 2 | Sanskrit | गच्छ | family, race; a tree; a Jaina lineage |
| 3 | Sanskrit | गच्छति | to go, move, go away, set out, come; to go to or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gasćáti | to step, go |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥sḱéti | to be walking; to come, to be coming |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |