Where does “അമ്പതാം” come from?

അമ്പതാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അമ്പത്, from Malayalam പത്ത്, from Malayalam നാല്, from Old Swedish nāl, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

അമ്പതാം (Malayalam): fiftieth, 50th

Definitions

  1. fiftieth, 50th

Ancestry of “അമ്പതാം”, step by step

അമ്പതാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam അമ്പത്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅമ്പത്fifty
2Malayalamപത്ത്ten (numeral: ൰)
3Malayalamനാല്four (numeral: ൪)
4Old Swedishnālneedle
5Old Norsenálneedle
6Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
7Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Malayalam ആം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആം
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-