Where does “കഷ്ടപ്പാട്” come from?

കഷ്ടപ്പാട് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കഷ്ട, from Sanskrit कष्ट, from Sanskrit कष्, from Sanskrit कृष्, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéls- — to pull, drag.

കഷ്ടപ്പാട് (Malayalam): difficulty

Definitions

  1. difficulty

Ancestry of “കഷ്ടപ്പാട്”, step by step

കഷ്ടപ്പാട് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കഷ്ട

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകഷ്ടAdjective version of കഷ്ടം
2Sanskritकष्टevil, difficulty, trouble, misery, suffering,...
3Sanskritकष्to injure, destroy
4Sanskritकृष्to farm
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéls-to pull, drag

via Malayalam പാട്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപാട്a mark, sign
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéls- →Every word from Sanskrit कृष् →Every word from Sanskrit कष् →