Where does “നഖം” come from?

നഖം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit नख, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnakʰás, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

നഖം (Malayalam): fingernail

Definitions

  1. fingernail

Ancestry of “നഖം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनखnail
2Proto-Indo-AryanHnakʰás—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail

Words derived from “നഖം”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hnakʰás →Every word from Sanskrit नख →