Where does “അഞ്ഞൂറ്” come from?

അഞ്ഞൂറ് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ഐ-, from Proto-Dravidian *cay — five.

അഞ്ഞൂറ് (Malayalam): five hundred

Definitions

  1. five hundred

Ancestry of “അഞ്ഞൂറ്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഐ-five (only used in compounds)
2Proto-Dravidian*cayfive

Words derived from “അഞ്ഞൂറ്”

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