Where does “সমাজ” come from?
সমাজ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit समाज, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.
সমাজ (Bengali): society
Ancestry of “সমাজ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | समाज | |
| 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 |