Where does “ആവശ്യം” come from?

ആവശ്യം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit अवश्यम्, from Sanskrit अवश्य, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ആവശ്യം (Malayalam): need

Definitions

need

Ancestry of “ആവശ്യം”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Sanskrit	अवश्यम्	inevitably, necessarily, certainly, surely
2	Sanskrit	अवश्य	inevitable
3	Sanskrit	अ-	un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,...
4	Proto-Indo-Iranian	a-	un-, a-
5	Proto-Indo-European	n̥-	not, un-
6	Proto-Indo-European	ne	not

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Sanskrit अ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →