Where does “ব্যঞ্জনধ্বনি” come from?
ব্যঞ্জনধ্বনি (Bengali) comes from Bengali ধ্বনি, from Sanskrit ध्वनि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dʰwaníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwaníš, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.
ব্যঞ্জনধ্বনি (Bengali): consonant
Definitions
- consonant
Ancestry of “ব্যঞ্জনধ্বনি”, step by step
ব্যঞ্জনধ্বনি traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bengali ধ্বনি
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengali | ধ্বনি | sound, phone |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ध्वनि | sound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | dʰwaníṣ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰwaníš | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwen- | make a noise |
via Bengali ব্যঞ্জন
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengali | ব্যঞ্জন | a cooked dish of vegetables or fish or meat, any spicy fish of cooked food |
| 2 | Sanskrit | व्यञ्जन | manifesting, indicating; consonant; implied... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वि- | Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |