Where does “അംഗുലം” come from?

അംഗുലം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit अङ्गुल, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- — curve, bend.

അംഗുലം (Malayalam): finger

Definitions

  1. finger

Ancestry of “അംഗുലം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअङ्गुलfinger; thumb
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eng-curve, bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- →Every word from Sanskrit अङ्गुल →