Where does “കശു” come from?

കശു (Malayalam) comes from Portuguese caju, from Classical Persian بادام, from Middle Persian wʾtʾm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.

കശു (Malayalam): cashew

Definitions

  1. cashew

Ancestry of “കശു”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecajucashew; cashew nut
2Classical Persianبادام—
3Middle Persianwʾtʾm—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianvātādám—

Words derived from “കശു”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám →Every word from Middle Persian wʾtʾm →Every word from Classical Persian بادام →