Where does “মার্জার” come from?

মার্জার (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit मार्जार, from Sanskrit मृज्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- — to wipe off, wipe clean.

মার্জার (Bengali): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “মার্জার”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमार्जारcat; wild cat; civet cat
2Sanskritमृज्to wipe
3Proto-Indo-European*h₃merǵ-to wipe off, wipe clean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- →Every word from Sanskrit मृज् →Every word from Sanskrit मार्जार →