Where does “জেঠ” come from?

জেঠ (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas.

জেঠ (Assamese): Zeth the second month in the Assamese lunar...

Definitions

  1. Zeth the second month in the Assamese lunar...

Ancestry of “জেঠ”, step by step

জেঠ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritज्येष्ठmost excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief, best,...
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́yáHištʰas—

via Sanskrit ज्यैष्ठ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritज्यैष्ठ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas →Every word from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ →