Where does “അൻപത്തിയഞ്ച്” come from?

അൻപത്തിയഞ്ച് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam അമ്പത്, 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.

അൻപത്തിയഞ്ച് (Malayalam): fifty-five

Definitions

  1. fifty-five

Ancestry of “അൻപത്തിയഞ്ച്”, step by step

അൻപത്തിയഞ്ച് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam അമ്പത്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅമ്പത്fifty
2Malayalamപത്ത്ten (numeral: ൰)
3Malayalamനാല്four (numeral: ൪)
4Old Swedishnālneedle
5Old Norsenálneedle
6Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
7Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Malayalam അഞ്ച്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅഞ്ച്five (numeral: ൫)
2Proto-Dravidian*caymtu—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →