Where does “ގިނިހިލަ” come from?

ގިނިހިލަ (Dhivehi) comes from Dhivehi ހިލަ, from Sanskrit शिला, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćHláH.

ގިނިހިލަ (Dhivehi): meteor

Definitions

  1. meteor

Ancestry of “ގިނިހިލަ”, step by step

ގިނިހިލަ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dhivehi ހިލަ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dhivehiހިލަrock
2Sanskritशिलाstone, rock, crag; red arsenic; camphor
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćHláH—

via Dhivehi ގިނި

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dhivehiގިނިspark, scintilla, flash
2Sanskritअग्निकण—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćHláH →Every word from Sanskrit शिला →Every word from Dhivehi ހިލަ →