Where does “নরকবাসী” come from?

নরকবাসী (Bengali) comes from Bengali নরক, from Sanskrit नरक, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

নরকবাসী (Bengali): resident of hell

Definitions

  1. resident of hell

Ancestry of “নরকবাসী”, step by step

নরকবাসী traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bengali নরক

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliনরকhell; naraka
2Sanskritनरकhell
3Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via Bengali বাসী

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliবাসী—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Sanskrit नरक →Every word from Bengali নরক →