Where does “তত্ব” come from?
তত্ব (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit तत्त्व, from Sanskrit तद्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sá, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
তত্ব (Assamese): theory; doctrine
Ancestry of “তত্ব”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | तत्त्व | truth; reality; principle etc |
| 2 | Sanskrit | तद् | it; that; this |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sá | he |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |