Where does “গুদাম” come from?
গুদাম (Bengali) comes from Portuguese gudão, from Malay gudang, from Tamil கிடங்கு, from Tamil கிட.
Ancestry of “গুদাম”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | gudão | — |
| 2 | Malay | gudang | warehouse; A place for storing large amounts of... |
| 3 | Tamil | கிடங்கு | store room |
| 4 | Tamil | கிட | — |