Where does “ভুঁইচাল” come from?
ভুঁইচাল (Bengali) comes from Bengali চাল, from Assamese চাউল, from Prakrit 𑀘𑀸𑀉𑀮, from Sanskrit चावल — Rice.
ভুঁইচাল (Bengali): earthquake
Ancestry of “ভুঁইচাল”, step by step
ভুঁইচাল traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bengali চাল
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bengali | চাল | uncooked husked rice |
| 2 | Assamese | চাউল | uncooked peeled rice |
| 3 | Prakrit | 𑀘𑀸𑀉𑀮 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चावल | Rice |
via Bengali ভুঁই
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Bengali | ভুঁই | land |
| 2 | Sanskrit | भूमि | earth, soil, ground; Earth personified as Bhumi;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰúHmiš | earth, land |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |