Where does “kolkata” come from?

kolkata (Finnish) comes from English Kolkata, from Bengali কলকাতা, from Bengali কলিকাতা.

kolkata (Finnish): to knock out; to knock down; to clank, clatter

Definitions

  1. to knock out; to knock down; to clank, clatter

Ancestry of “kolkata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKolkataformerly known in English as Calcutta
2Bengaliকলকাতা—
3Bengaliকলিকাতা—

Words derived from “kolkata”

Every word from Bengali কলিকাতা →Every word from Bengali কলকাতা →Every word from English Kolkata →