Where does “একচল্লিশ” come from?
একচল্লিশ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit एकचत्वारिंशत्, from Sanskrit चत्वारिंशत्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwārHśát, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwārHćát, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
একচল্লিশ (Bengali): forty-one. 41
Definitions
- forty-one. 41
Ancestry of “একচল্লিশ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | एकचत्वारिंशत् | forty-one, 41 |
| 2 | Sanskrit | चत्वारिंशत् | forty |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ćatwārHśát | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čatwārHćát | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |