Where does “কাঁটাশূন্য” come from?
কাঁটাশূন্য (Bengali) comes from Bengali শূন্য, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.
কাঁটাশূন্য (Bengali): thornless
Ancestry of “কাঁটাশূন্য”, step by step
কাঁটাশূন্য traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bengali শূন্য
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bengali | শূন্য | zero |
| 2 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |
via Bengali কাটা
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bengali | কাটা | to cut |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कण्टक | a thorn; anything pointed, the point of a pin or... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कृन्तति | to cut, tear, shred, sever, divide |