Where does “দুরিয়ান” come from?

দুরিয়ান (Bengali) comes from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic duri-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duʀi-an, from Proto-Austronesian duʀi — thorn.

দুরিয়ান (Bengali): durian

Definitions

  1. durian

Ancestry of “দুরিয়ান”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdurianAny of several trees, genus "Durio", of Southeast...
2Malayduriandurian fruit
3Proto-Malayicduri-an—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduʀi-an—
5Proto-Austronesianduʀithorn
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duʀi-an →Every word from Proto-Malayic duri-an →