Where does “നാങ്ക്” come from?

നാങ്ക് (Malayalam) comes from Old Swedish nāl, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

നാങ്ക് (Malayalam): four (numeral: ൪)

Definitions

  1. four (numeral: ൪)

Ancestry of “നാങ്ക്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishnālneedle
2Old Norsenálneedle
3Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →