Where does “কেয়া” come from?

কেয়া (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit किम्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás, from Proto-Indo-European kʷós — who.

কেয়া (Bengali): screw pine (Pandanus odorifer, syn. Pandanus odoratissimus)

Definitions

  1. screw pine (Pandanus odorifer, syn. Pandanus odoratissimus)

Ancestry of “কেয়া”, step by step

কেয়া traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit किम्

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकिम्used as a particle of interrogation
2Proto-Indo-Aryankás—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankáswho
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho

via Prakrit 𑀓𑁂𑀅𑀬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Prakrit𑀓𑁂𑀅𑀬—
2Sanskritकेतकscrew pine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kás →