Where does “কপাল” come from?

কপাল (Bengali) comes from Bengali -ইয়া, from Prakrit -𑀇𑀅, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

কপাল (Bengali): forehead

Definitions

  1. forehead

Ancestry of “কপাল”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengali-ইয়াforms adjectives and adjectival nouns indicating relation or possession
2Prakrit-𑀇𑀅ed
3Sanskrit-इकadjectival suffix; doer
4Lithuanian-ikas—
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -इक →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →
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