Where does “അവധാനം” come from?

അവധാനം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit अवधान, from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

അവധാനം (Malayalam): attention

Definitions

  1. attention

Ancestry of “അവധാനം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअवधान—
2Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Sanskrit -अन →Every word from Sanskrit अवधान →