Where does “എണ്ണായിരം” come from?

എണ്ണായിരം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ആയിരം, from Sanskrit सहस्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

എണ്ണായിരം (Malayalam): eight thousand

Definitions

  1. eight thousand

Ancestry of “എണ്ണായിരം”, step by step

എണ്ണായിരം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ആയിരം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആയിരംthousand
2Sanskritसहस्रa thousand; a thousand cows or gifts; any very...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniansaȷ́ʰásramone thousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-ǵʰéslom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéslomthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Malayalam എട്ട്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎട്ട്eight (numeral: ൮)
2Proto-Dravidian*eṇṭṭu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom