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

Definitions

  1. a story

Ancestry of “ਕਹਾਣੀ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकथानकa little tale
2Sanskritकथ्narrate, tell
3Sanskritकथाstory
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →Every word from Sanskrit कथा →Every word from Sanskrit कथ् →