Where does “ഇരുപത്തിമൂന്ന്” come from?

ഇരുപത്തിമൂന്ന് (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.

ഇരുപത്തിമൂന്ന് (Malayalam): twenty-three

Definitions

  1. twenty-three

Ancestry of “ഇരുപത്തിമൂന്ന്”, step by step

ഇരുപത്തിമൂന്ന് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പത്ത്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപത്ത്ten (numeral: ൰)
2Malayalamനാല്four (numeral: ൪)
3Old Swedishnālneedle
4Old Norsenálneedle
5Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Malayalam ഇരു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഇരുtwo
2Proto-Dravidian*ir-two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →