Where does “അകം” come from?

അകം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit अक, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas.

അകം (Malayalam): inside

Definitions

  1. inside

Ancestry of “അകം”, step by step

അകം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit अक

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअकpain, unhappiness
2Proto-Indo-Aryan*ákas—

via Proto-Dravidian *akam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Dravidian*akaminside

Words derived from “അകം”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ákas →Every word from Sanskrit अक →