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Where does “সাপ” come from?

সাপ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit सर्प, from Sanskrit सृप्, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

সাপ (Bengali): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “সাপ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritसर्पcreeping, crawling, stealing along; a snake,...
2Sanskritसृप्—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl

Words derived from “সাপ”

  • সাপুড়ে
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