Where does “ഗാത്രം” come from?

ഗാത്രം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit गात्र, from Sanskrit गा, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂- — to step.

ഗാത്രം (Malayalam): body

Definitions

  1. body

Ancestry of “ഗാത്രം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritगात्र"instrument of moving", a limb or a part of the...
2Sanskritगाto go, go towards, come, approach; to go after,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₂-to step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂- →Every word from Sanskrit गा →Every word from Sanskrit गात्र →