Where does “কথা” come from?

কথা (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

কথা (Bengali): word, speech, utterance, statement

Definitions

  1. word, speech, utterance, statement

Ancestry of “কথা”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकथाstory
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—

Words derived from “কথা”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →Every word from Sanskrit कथा →