Where does “bengāliete” come from?

bengāliete (Latvian) comes from Latvian bengālis, from Bengali বাংলা, from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা, from Sanskrit वङ्गाल.

bengāliete (Latvian): a Bengali woman, a woman born in Bengal, a (female) member of the Bengali people

Definitions

  1. a Bengali woman, a woman born in Bengal, a (female) member of the Bengali people

Ancestry of “bengāliete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianbengālisBengali; Bengali; pertaining to Bengal or to the...
2BengaliবাংলাBengali, Bangla; related to Bengal, the Bengali...
3Middle Bengaliবাঙ্গালাBengal
4Sanskritवङ्गाल—
Every word from Sanskrit वङ्गाल →Every word from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা →Every word from Bengali বাংলা →