Where does “মন্দ” come from?

মন্দ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit मन्द्, from Sanskrit मद्, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

মন্দ (Bengali): any bad thing

Definitions

  1. any bad thing

Ancestry of “মন্দ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमन्द्to rejoice, be glad or delighted, be drunk or intoxicated
2Sanskritमद्to rejoice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Sanskrit मद् →Every word from Sanskrit मन्द् →
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