Where does “কাশ” come from?

কাশ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit काश, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- — to see; to look.

কাশ (Bengali): wild sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum)

Definitions

  1. wild sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum)

Ancestry of “কাশ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकाशshining-brightly
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ- →Every word from Sanskrit काश →