Where does “ভ” come from?

ভ (Assamese) comes from Sanskrit भ्रू, from Proto-Indo-Aryan HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

ভ (Assamese): The 35th character in the Assamese alphabet

Definitions

  1. The 35th character in the Assamese alphabet

Ancestry of “ভ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभ्रूeyebrow
2Proto-Indo-AryanHbʰrúHseyebrow
3Proto-Indo-IranianHbʰrúHseyebrow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan HbʰrúHs →