Where does “തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിനാല്” come from?
തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിനാല് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നാല്, from Old Swedish nāl, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.
തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിനാല് (Malayalam): ninety-four
Definitions
- ninety-four
Ancestry of “തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിനാല്”, step by step
തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിനാല് traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malayalam നാല്
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | നാല് | four (numeral: ൪) |
| 2 | Old Swedish | nāl | needle |
| 3 | Old Norse | nál | needle |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nēþlō | needle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin (thread), to sew |
via Malayalam നൂറ്
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | നൂറ് | hundred (numeral: ൱) |
via Proto-Dravidian *toṇ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Dravidian | *toṇ | nine, 9/10 |