Where does “বাঁশি” come from?
বাঁশি (Bengali) comes from Hindi बाँसुरी, from Sanskrit वंशी, from Sanskrit वंश, from Sanskrit अनु, from Sanskrit गत, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gatás, from Proto-Indo-European gʷm̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.
বাঁশি (Bengali): flute
Definitions
- flute
Ancestry of “বাঁশি”, step by step
বাঁশি traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi बाँसुरी
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | बाँसुरी | bansuri, flute |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वंशी | flute |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वंश | bamboo cane, cane; the upper timber or beam of a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अनु | after; afterwards, thereupon; then, next; further |
| 5 | Sanskrit | गत | gone |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gatás | gone; come |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷm̥tós | passable |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |
via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀲
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀯𑀲 | — |
| 2 | Ashokan Prakrit | 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 | twenty |
| 3 | Sanskrit | विंशति | twenty, a score |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | HwiHśatí | twenty |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HwiHćati | twenty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥t | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |