Where does “ദിനേശൻ” come from?

ദിനേശൻ (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit दिनेश, from Sanskrit दिन, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dinám, from Indo-Iranian *dinám, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

ദിനേശൻ (Malayalam): sun

Definitions

  1. sun

Ancestry of “ദിനേശൻ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदिनेशthe sun
2Sanskritदिनday; cut, divided, mowed
3Proto-Indo-Aryandinámday
4Indo-Iranian*dinám
5Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-Every word from Indo-Iranian *dinámEvery word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dinám
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