Where does “കാൽവിരൽ” come from?

കാൽവിരൽ (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കാൽ, from Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.

കാൽവിരൽ (Malayalam): toe

Definitions

  1. toe

Ancestry of “കാൽവിരൽ”, step by step

കാൽവിരൽ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കാൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകാൽleg, a lower limb of humans, animals and insects
2Old Swedishkāl
3Old Norsekálcabbage, kale
4Old Englishcāwelcolewort
5Proto-West Germanic*kaulicabbage, colewort
6Latincaulisdative plural of caulae; ablative plural of...
7Ancient Greekκαυλόςstem, stalk; shaft
8Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂ulós

via Malayalam വിരൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamവിരൽdigit, any of the narrow appendages of the human hand or foot: a finger or a toe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulósEvery word from Ancient Greek καυλόςEvery word from Latin caulis