Where does “ജന്മദിനം” come from?

ജന്മദിനം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ജന്മം, from Sanskrit जन्म, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́ánHma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHma, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ജന്മദിനം (Malayalam): birthday

Definitions

  1. birthday

Ancestry of “ജന്മദിനം”, step by step

ജന്മദിനം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ജന്മം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamജന്മംbirth
2Sanskritजन्मnominative singular of जन्मन्; birth
3Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ánHma—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ánHma—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁mn̥offspring, seed
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Malayalam ദിനം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamദിനംday
2Sanskritदिनday; cut, divided, mowed
3Proto-Indo-Aryandinámday
4Indo-Iranian*dinám—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁mn̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ánHma →