Where does “ചിട്ടി” come from?

ചിട്ടി (Malayalam) comes from Hindi चिट्ठी, from Sanskrit *चिष्ट, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćiṣṭás — message.

ചിട്ടി (Malayalam): subscription lottery

Definitions

  1. subscription lottery

Ancestry of “ചിട്ടി”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiचिट्ठीletter
2Sanskrit*चिष्टmessage
3Proto-Indo-Aryanćiṣṭásmessage
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćiṣṭás →Every word from Sanskrit *चिष्ट →Every word from Hindi चिट्ठी →