Where does “দুখীয়া” come from?
দুখীয়া (Assamese) comes from Assamese দুখ, from Sanskrit दुःख, from Sanskrit दुस्-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan duš-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian duš-, from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.
দুখীয়া (Assamese): poor; sad
Ancestry of “দুখীয়া”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Assamese | দুখ | sadness |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दुःख | sorrow, distress, suffering, grief, misery,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | दुस्- | a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs ... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | duš- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | duš- | bad |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dus- | bad |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dēwǝ- | to fail, be behind, be lacking |