Where does “বন্ধুহীন” come from?
বন্ধুহীন (Bengali) comes from Bengali -হীন, from Sanskrit हीन, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- — to go, to walk.
বন্ধুহীন (Bengali): friendless
Ancestry of “বন্ধুহীন”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Bengali | -হীন | Suffix appended to nouns to create adjectives,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | हीन | abandoned, forsaken, left; excluded from; bereft... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰHnás | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰh₁-nós | abandoned |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁- | to go, to walk |