Where does “ചേച്ചി” come from?

ചേച്ചി (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas.

ചേച്ചി (Malayalam): elder sister

Definitions

  1. elder sister

Ancestry of “ചേച്ചി”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritज्येष्ठmost excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief, best,...
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́yáHištʰas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas →Every word from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ →