Where does “পশ্চিম” come from?

পশ্চিম (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit पश्चिम, from Sanskrit पश्चा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁.

পশ্চিম (Bengali): west; the western part of a country or territory;...

Definitions

  1. west; the western part of a country or territory;...

Ancestry of “পশ্চিম”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपश्चिमwest, western
2Sanskritपश्चाbehind; after, later; westward
3Proto-Indo-IranianpasčaH—
4Proto-Indo-European*pos-kʷéh₁—

Words derived from “পশ্চিম”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pasčaH →Every word from Sanskrit पश्चा →