Where does “ধ্বনি” come from?

ধ্বনি (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit ध्वनि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dʰwaníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwaníš, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.

ধ্বনি (Bengali): sound, phone

Definitions

  1. sound, phone

Ancestry of “ধ্বনি”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritध्वनिsound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder;...
2Proto-Indo-Aryandʰwaníṣ—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰwaníš—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwen-make a noise

Words derived from “ধ্বনি”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwaníš →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dʰwaníṣ →