Where does “সমস্যা” come from?
সমস্যা (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit समस्या, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.
সমস্যা (Bengali): a problem, puzzle
Ancestry of “সমস্যা”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | समस्या | a part of a stanza given to another person to be... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सम् | to be agitated or disturbed |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आस | ashes; dust; past of अस् : was |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sewh₁- | to press, push |