Where does “ജ്യേഷ്ഠൻ” come from?
ജ്യേഷ്ഠൻ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́yáHištʰas.
ജ്യേഷ്ഠൻ (Malayalam): elder brother
Definitions
- elder brother
Ancestry of “ജ്യേഷ്ഠൻ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | ज्येष्ठ | most excellent, pre-eminent, first, chief, best,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *ȷ́yáHištʰas | — |