Where does “পুচ্ছ” come from?

পুচ্ছ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit पुच्छ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian púsćas, from Proto-Indo-European puḱsos.

পুচ্ছ (Bengali): tail

Definitions

  1. tail

Ancestry of “পুচ্ছ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपुच्छtail; hind-part
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpúsćastail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱsos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European puḱsos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian púsćas →Every word from Sanskrit पुच्छ →