Where does “বয়স” come from?

বয়স (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

বয়স (Bengali): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “বয়স”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवयस्age
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →