Where does “ധ്വനി” come from?

ധ്വനി (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit ध्वनि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dʰwaníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwaníš, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.

ധ്വനി (Malayalam): sound

Definitions

  1. sound

Ancestry of “ധ്വനി”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritध्वनिsound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder;...
2Proto-Indo-Aryandʰwaníṣ—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰwaníš—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwen-make a noise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwaníš →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dʰwaníṣ →