Where does “হন্দর” come from?

হন্দর (Bengali) comes from Middle Bengali *হন্দর্দ, from English hundredweight, from English hundred, from Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą — ten.

হন্দর (Bengali): hundredweight British

Definitions

  1. hundredweight British

Ancestry of “হন্দর”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Bengali*হন্দর্দ
2EnglishhundredweightA measure of weight containing 100 avoirdupois...
3EnglishhundredA numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine
4Middle EnglishhundredA hundred; 100
5Old Englishhundredhundred
6Proto-West Germanic*hundaradhundred
7Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
8Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
10Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tómEvery word from Proto-Germanic hundą
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