Where does “അലവാങ്ക്” come from?
അലവാങ്ക് (Malayalam) comes from Portuguese alavanca, from Portuguese alar, from Italian alare, from French hâler, from Middle French haler, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
അലവാങ്ക് (Malayalam): lever
Definitions
- lever
Ancestry of “അലവാങ്ക്”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | alavanca | lever |
| 2 | Portuguese | alar | alar; to give wings; to haul |
| 3 | Italian | alare | wing; alar; firedog |
| 4 | French | hâler | to tan; to catch a tan, to get a tan; to sunbathe |
| 5 | Middle French | haler | — |
| 6 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 7 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 9 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |