Where does “ത്രികോണം” come from?

ത്രികോണം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit त्रिकोण, from Sanskrit त्रि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ത്രികോണം (Malayalam): triangle

Definitions

  1. triangle

Ancestry of “ത്രികോണം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritत्रिकोणtriangle; triangular, a triangle
2Sanskritत्रिthree
3Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
4Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas →