Where does “ആഷാഢം” come from?

ആഷാഢം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit आषाढ, from Sanskrit अषाढ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *asaẓḍʰas.

ആഷാഢം (Malayalam): the month of Aashaadham, July-August

Definitions

  1. the month of Aashaadham, July-August

Ancestry of “ആഷാഢം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritआषाढthe fourth month of the Hindu lunar calendar (in which the full moon is near the constellation अषाढा)
2Sanskritअषाढinvincible, unconquerable
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*asaẓḍʰas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *asaẓḍʰas →Every word from Sanskrit अषाढ →Every word from Sanskrit आषाढ →