Where does “തരംഗം” come from?

തരംഗം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit तरंग, from Sanskrit तॄ, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

തരംഗം (Malayalam): wave

Definitions

  1. wave

Ancestry of “തരംഗം”, step by step

തരംഗം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit तरंग

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतरंगsurf; wave
2Sanskritतॄto pass
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

via Sanskrit तरङ्ग

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतरङ्ग

Words derived from “തരംഗം

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂-