Where does “അവിശ്വാസി” come from?

അവിശ്വാസി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അ-, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

അവിശ്വാസി (Malayalam): nonbeliever

Definitions

  1. nonbeliever

Ancestry of “അവിശ്വാസി”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅ-distal demonstrative marker
2Sanskritअ-un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniana-un-, a-
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Sanskrit अ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →
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