Where does “എന്ത്” come from?

എന്ത് (Malayalam) comes from Proto-Turkic yā-, from Proto-Tocharian *iyā-, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

എന്ത് (Malayalam): what

Definitions

  1. what

Ancestry of “എന്ത്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicyā-—
2Proto-Tocharian*iyā-to go, travel
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “എന്ത്”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Tocharian *iyā- →Every word from Proto-Turkic yā- →