Where does “അരക്കാൽ” come from?
അരക്കാൽ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കാൽ, from Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.
അരക്കാൽ (Malayalam): one eighth, ⅛
Definitions
- one eighth, ⅛
Ancestry of “അരക്കാൽ”, step by step
അരക്കാൽ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malayalam കാൽ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | കാൽ | leg, a lower limb of humans, animals and insects |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 4 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 6 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |
via Malayalam അര
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | അര | half, ½ (൴ (archaic)) |