Where does “বাইরাগ” come from?
বাইরাগ (Bengali) comes from Bengali বাহির, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀭, from Sanskrit बहिर्, from Sanskrit बहिस्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeǵʰ-.
বাইরাগ (Bengali): courtyard
Ancestry of “বাইরাগ”, step by step
বাইরাগ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bengali বাহির
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bengali | বাহির | outside |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀭 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | बहिर् | before vowels and some consonants |
| 4 | Sanskrit | बहिस् | out, forth, outwards, outside, out of, apart... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeǵʰ- | — |
via Bengali আগ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bengali | আগ | fore, forefront |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अग्र | foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग् | to go |
| 4 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |