Where does “পিক” come from?

পিক (Assamese) comes from Assamese পেলোৱা, from Sanskrit प्रेरयति — to push on.

পিক (Assamese): juice from paan (a snack made from betel leaf) that is often spat out

Definitions

  1. juice from paan (a snack made from betel leaf) that is often spat out

Ancestry of “পিক”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseপেলোৱাto discard, offload; to drop; to throw away
2Sanskritप्रेरयतिto push on
Every word from Sanskrit प्रेरयति →Every word from Assamese পেলোৱা →