Where does “আকাশি” come from?

আকাশি (Bengali) comes from Bengali আকাশ, from Sanskrit आकाश, from Sanskrit आ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH.

আকাশি (Bengali): sky color

Definitions

  1. sky color

Ancestry of “আকাশি”, step by step

আকাশি traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bengali আকাশ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliআকাশsky
2Sanskritआकाशsky
3Sanskritआseparated form of आ-; With senses determined by...
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*HáH—

via Bengali ই

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BengaliইThe third character in the Bengali abugida
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH →Every word from Sanskrit आ →Every word from Sanskrit आकाश →