Where does “ফেঁহু” come from?

ফেঁহু (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit पीयूष, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *piHyúHṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *piHyúHšas.

ফেঁহু (Assamese): black drongo

Definitions

  1. black drongo

Ancestry of “ফেঁহু”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपीयूषcoffee
2Proto-Indo-Aryan*piHyúHṣas—
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*piHyúHšas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *piHyúHšas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *piHyúHṣas →Every word from Sanskrit पीयूष →