Where does “അഞ്ചാം” come from?

അഞ്ചാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അഞ്ച്, from Proto-Dravidian *caymtu.

അഞ്ചാം (Malayalam): fifth, 5th

Definitions

  1. fifth, 5th

Ancestry of “അഞ്ചാം”, step by step

അഞ്ചാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam അഞ്ച്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅഞ്ച്five (numeral: ൫)
2Proto-Dravidian*caymtu—

via Malayalam ആം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആം—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *caymtu →Every word from Malayalam അഞ്ച് →