Where does “bengali” come from?
bengali (Finnish) comes from Finnish Bengali, from English Bengali, from English Bengal, from Portuguese Bengala, from Persian بنگاله, from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা, from Sanskrit वङ्गाल.
bengali (Finnish): Bengali
Ancestry of “bengali”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Bengali | — |
| 2 | English | Bengali | Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis;... |
| 3 | English | Bengal | A short-haired domestic cat breed, which... |
| 4 | Portuguese | Bengala | Bengal |
| 5 | Persian | بنگاله | — |
| 6 | Middle Bengali | বাঙ্গালা | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वङ्गाल | — |