Where does “ഗോപുരം” come from?

ഗോപുരം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit गोपुर, from Sanskrit गो, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gāuš, from Proto-Iranian gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

ഗോപുരം (Malayalam): tower

Definitions

  1. tower

Ancestry of “ഗോപുരം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritगोपुरtown-gate; gate; gopuram, gopura: the ornamented...
2Sanskritगोa cow; an ox; cattle, kine, herd of cattle
3Proto-Indo-Iraniangāuš—
4Proto-Iraniangā́wšcow
5Proto-Indo-Iraniangā́wšcow
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

Words derived from “ഗോപുരം”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gā́wš →Every word from Proto-Iranian gā́wš →