Where does “ചിന്തേർ” come from?

ചിന്തേർ (Malayalam) comes from Portuguese cinzel, from Portuguese cisel, from Old French cisel, from Vulgar Latin cisellum, from Latin caesellum, from Latin caesus, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō.

ചിന്തേർ (Malayalam): polishing chisel

Definitions

polishing chisel

Ancestry of “ചിന്തേർ”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	cinzel	chisel
2	Portuguese	cisel	—
3	Old French	cisel	pair of scissors
4	Vulgar Latin	cisellum	—
5	Latin	caesellum	—
6	Latin	caesus	cut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed
7	Latin	caedō	to cut, hew, fell
8	Proto-Italic	kaidō	to cut, to hew, to fell
9	Proto-Indo-European	keh₂id-	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →