Where does “ഗുഹ” come from?

ഗുഹ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit गुहा, from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.

ഗുഹ (Malayalam): a cave

Definitions

  1. a cave

Ancestry of “ഗുഹ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritगुहाhiding place, cave, cavern
2Sanskritगुह्a hiding place, cave, den, lair
3Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰawȷ́ʰ-to hide, conceal
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit गुह् →Every word from Sanskrit गुहा →