Where does “കശുമാങ്ങ” come from?

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

കശുമാങ്ങ (Malayalam): cashew apple; fruit of Anacardium occidentale

Definitions

  1. cashew apple; fruit of Anacardium occidentale

Ancestry of “കശുമാങ്ങ”, step by step

കശുമാങ്ങ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കശു

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകശുcashew
2Portuguesecajucashew; cashew nut
3Classical Persianبادام—
4Middle Persianwʾtʾm—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianvātādám—

via Malayalam മാങ്ങ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമാങ്ങunripe mango fruit
2Malayalam-ങ്ങSuffix used for raw fruits
3Malayalamകായunripe fruit
4Proto-Dravidiankāyfruit
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám →Every word from Middle Persian wʾtʾm →Every word from Classical Persian بادام →