Where does “ਕਹਾਣੀ” come from?
ਕਹਾਣੀ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit कथानक, from Sanskrit कथ्, from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.
ਕਹਾਣੀ (Punjabi): a story
Ancestry of “ਕਹਾਣੀ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | कथानक | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कथ् | narrate, tell |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कथा | story |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kátʰaH | — |