Where does “ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦ” come from?
ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦ (Punjabi) comes from Punjabi ਡੱਬਾ, from Punjabi -ਆ, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य, from Sanskrit भाग, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰāgás, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂gós — Paleo-Balkan oak.
ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦ (Punjabi): canned, tinned, packed
Definitions
- canned, tinned, packed
Ancestry of “ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦ”, step by step
ਡੱਬਾਬੰਦ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Punjabi ਡੱਬਾ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjabi | ਡੱਬਾ | spotted, speckled |
| 2 | Punjabi | -ਆ | suffix found in many masculine nouns of both Indo-Aryan and Perso-Arabic origin |
| 3 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |