Where does “അർദ്ധരാത്രി” come from?

അർദ്ധരാത്രി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam രാത്രി, from Sanskrit रात्रि, from Sanskrit रात्री, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HráHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁trih₂.

അർദ്ധരാത്രി (Malayalam): midnight

Definitions

  1. midnight

Ancestry of “അർദ്ധരാത്രി”, step by step

അർദ്ധരാത്രി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam രാത്രി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamരാത്രിnight
2Sanskritरात्रिnight
3Sanskritरात्रीnight
4Proto-Indo-IranianHráHtriHstillness of night
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁trih₂—

via Malayalam അർദ്ധ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഅർദ്ധ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁trih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian HráHtriH →Every word from Sanskrit रात्री →