Where does “ദേഹം” come from?

ദേഹം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit देह, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰáyȷ́ʰas, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

ദേഹം (Malayalam): body

Definitions

  1. body

Ancestry of “ദേഹം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदेहbody; form, figure, shape; mass, bulk
2Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰáyȷ́ʰas
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰáyȷ́ʰasEvery word from Sanskrit देह