Where does “തന്ത്രി” come from?

തന്ത്രി (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit तन्त्री, from Sanskrit तन्त्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tántram, from Proto-Indo-European *tántram, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

തന്ത്രി (Malayalam): yarn, string, wire

Definitions

  1. yarn, string, wire

Ancestry of “തന്ത്രി”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतन्त्रीlute
2Sanskritतन्त्रa loom; the warp; the leading or principal or...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniantántram—
4Proto-Indo-European*tántram—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tántram →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tántram →