Where does “খাওয়ানো” come from?
খাওয়ানো (Bengali) comes from Bengali খাওয়া, from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀬𑀇, from Sanskrit खादति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kʰā́dati.
খাওয়ানো (Bengali): to feed
Ancestry of “খাওয়ানো”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Bengali | খাওয়া | to eat; eating; eaten |
| 2 | Magadhi Prakrit | 𑀔𑀸𑀬𑀇 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | खादति | to chew, bite, eat, devour, feed, prey upon; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kʰā́dati | — |