Where does “bingala” come from?

bingala (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese Bengala, from Persian بنگاله, from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা, from Sanskrit वङ्गाल.

bingala (Guinea-Bissau Creole): stick (cane or walking stick)

Definitions

  1. stick (cane or walking stick)

Ancestry of “bingala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBengalaBengal
2Persianبنگاله—
3Middle Bengaliবাঙ্গালাBengal
4Sanskritवङ्गाल—
Every word from Sanskrit वङ्गाल →Every word from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা →Every word from Persian بنگاله →