Where does “নখপালিচ” come from?

নখপালিচ (Assamese) comes from Assamese পালিচ, from English Polish, from English -ish, from Middle English -ish, from Old English -isċ, from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

নখপালিচ (Assamese): nail polish

Definitions

  1. nail polish

Ancestry of “নখপালিচ”, step by step

নখপালিচ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Assamese পালিচ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseপালিচpolish
2EnglishPolishOf, from or native to Poland, or relating to the...
3English-ishTypical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,...
4Middle English-ishAlternative form of -yssh
5Old English-isċ-ish
6Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
7Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
8Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

via Assamese নখ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseনখnail; claw
2Sanskritनखnail
3Proto-Indo-AryanHnakʰás
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos