Where does “বন্ধুত্ব” come from?
বন্ধুত্ব (Bengali) comes from Bengali বন্ধু, from Sanskrit बन्धु, from Sanskrit बन्ध्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.
বন্ধুত্ব (Bengali): friendship
Ancestry of “বন্ধুত্ব”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Bengali | বন্ধু | friend |
| 2 | Sanskrit | बन्धु | connection, relation, association; kinship,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | बन्ध् | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |