Where does “അനിവാര്യം” come from?

അനിവാര്യം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit अनिवार्य, from Sanskrit नि, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

അനിവാര്യം (Malayalam): essential; much needed, important

Definitions

  1. essential; much needed, important

Ancestry of “അനിവാര്യം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअनिवार्यunavoidable , irresistible
2Sanskritनिdown; back; in, into
3Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
4Proto-Indo-Europeannidown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Sanskrit नि →