Where does “ഗദ” come from?

ഗദ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit गदा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gadā — mace.

ഗദ (Malayalam): gada; mace

Definitions

  1. gada; mace

Ancestry of “ഗദ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritगदाa mace, club or a bludgeon
2Proto-Indo-Iraniangadāmace
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gadā →Every word from Sanskrit गदा →
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