Where does “ക്ഷീരം” come from?

ക്ഷീരം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit क्षीर, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kṣiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšiHrám — milk.

ക്ഷീരം (Malayalam): milk

Definitions

  1. milk

Ancestry of “ക്ഷീരം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritक्षीरmilk
2Proto-Indo-AryankṣiHrám—
3Proto-Indo-IraniankšiHrámmilk
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšiHrám →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kṣiHrám →Every word from Sanskrit क्षीर →