Where does “ദശമ” come from?

ദശമ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit दशम, from Indo-Iranian *daćamás.

ദശമ (Malayalam): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “ദശമ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदशमtenth
2Indo-Iranian*daćamás—
Every word from Indo-Iranian *daćamás →Every word from Sanskrit दशम →
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