Where does “ദുസ്-” come from?

ദുസ്- (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit दुस्-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan duš-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian duš-, from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.

ദുസ്- (Malayalam): a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs implying evil, bad, difficult, hard

Definitions

  1. a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs implying evil, bad, difficult, hard

Ancestry of “ദുസ്-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदुस्-ill-, mal
2Proto-Indo-Aryanduš-—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianduš-bad
4Proto-Indo-Europeandus-bad
5Proto-Indo-Europeandēwǝ-to fail, be behind, be lacking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- →Every word from Sanskrit दुस्- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dus- →