Where does “ആറാം” come from?

ആറാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ആറ്, from Proto-Dravidian *cāṯu — six.

ആറാം (Malayalam): sixth, 6th

Definitions

  1. sixth, 6th

Ancestry of “ആറാം”, step by step

ആറാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ആറ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആറ്six (numeral: ൬)
2Proto-Dravidian*cāṯusix

via Malayalam ആം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആം
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cāṯuEvery word from Malayalam ആറ്