Where does “ডেক” come from?

ডেক (Bengali) comes from Classical Persian دیگ, from Middle Persian dyk', from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

ডেক (Bengali): a large metallic cooking pot or cauldron

Definitions

  1. a large metallic cooking pot or cauldron

Ancestry of “ডেক”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianدیگ—
2Middle Persiandyk'cauldron
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Middle Persian dyk' →Every word from Classical Persian دیگ →