Where does “জীবন” come from?

জীবন (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit जीवन, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

জীবন (Bengali): life

Definitions

  1. life

Ancestry of “জীবন”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजीवनvivifying, giving life, enlivening; a living...
2Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “জীবন”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →Every word from Sanskrit जीवन →