Where does “ইট” come from?

ইট (Bengali) comes from Assamese ইটা, from Sanskrit इष्टका, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hišt- — brick.

ইট (Bengali): brick

Definitions

  1. brick

Ancestry of “ইট”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseইটাbrick
2Sanskritइष्टकाbrick; bakestone
3Proto-Indo-IranianHišt-brick
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hišt- →Every word from Sanskrit इष्टका →Every word from Assamese ইটা →
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