Where does “ഇരുപത്” come from?

ഇരുപത് (Malayalam) comes 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.

ഇരുപത് (Malayalam): twenty

Definitions

twenty

Ancestry of “ഇരുപത്”, step by step

ഇരുപത് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പത്ത്

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malayalam	പത്ത്	ten (numeral: ൰)
2	Malayalam	നാല്	four (numeral: ൪)
3	Old Swedish	nāl	needle
4	Old Norse	nál	needle
5	Proto-Germanic	nēþlō	needle
6	Proto-Indo-European	(s)neh₁-	to spin (thread), to sew

via Malayalam ഇരു

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malayalam	ഇരു	two
2	Proto-Dravidian	*ir-	two

Words derived from “ഇരുപത്”

ഇരുപതാം

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →