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
- toe
Ancestry of “കാൽവിരൽ”, step by step
കാൽവിരൽ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malayalam കാൽ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | കാൽ | leg, a lower limb of humans, animals and insects |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 4 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 6 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |
via Malayalam വിരൽ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | വിരൽ | digit, any of the narrow appendages of the human hand or foot: a finger or a toe |