Where does “ডাল” come from?

ডাল (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit दाल, from Sanskrit दल, from Proto-Indo-European delh₁- — to split, divide.

ডাল (Bengali): branch

Definitions

  1. branch

Ancestry of “ডাল”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदालa kind of honey produced from petals; a sort of...
2Sanskritदलpiece; leaf
3Proto-Indo-Europeandelh₁-to split, divide

Words derived from “ডাল”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European delh₁- →Every word from Sanskrit दल →Every word from Sanskrit दाल →