Where does “ধোওয়া” come from?
ধোওয়া (Bengali) comes from Bengali ধোয়া, from Sanskrit धाव, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰā́w-.
ধোওয়া (Bengali): to wash
Ancestry of “ধোওয়া”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bengali | ধোয়া | to wash |
| 2 | Sanskrit | धाव | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *dʰā́w- | — |