Where does “അറുപത്” come from?

അറുപത് (Malayalam) comes 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.

അറുപത് (Malayalam): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “അറുപത്”, step by step

അറുപത് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പത്ത്

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

via Malayalam ആറ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആറ്six (numeral: ൬)
2Proto-Dravidian*cāṯusix

Words derived from “അറുപത്”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →