Where does “എൺപത്തിനാല്” come from?

എൺപത്തിനാല് (Malayalam) comes 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.

എൺപത്തിനാല് (Malayalam): eighty-four

Definitions

  1. eighty-four

Ancestry of “എൺപത്തിനാല്”, step by step

എൺപത്തിനാല് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നാല്

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

via Malayalam എൺപത്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഎൺപത്eighty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlōEvery word from Old Norse nál