Where does “কচ্ছপ” come from?

কচ্ছপ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit कच्छप, from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.

কচ্ছপ (Bengali): turtle

Definitions

  1. turtle

Ancestry of “কচ্ছপ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकच्छपtortoise, turtle
2Sanskritकश्यपa tortoise; having black teeth
3Proto-Indo-Aryankaśyápas—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniankaćyápasturtle
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas →Every word from Sanskrit कश्यप →