Where does “നാല്പതാം” come from?
നാല്പതാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നാല്പത്, from Malayalam നാൽ, from Malayalam പത്ത്, from Malayalam നാല്, from Old Swedish nāl, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.
നാല്പതാം (Malayalam): fortieth, 40th
Definitions
- fortieth, 40th
Ancestry of “നാല്പതാം”, step by step
നാല്പതാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malayalam നാല്പത്
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | നാല്പത് | forty |
| 2 | Malayalam | നാൽ | — |
| 3 | Malayalam | പത്ത് | ten (numeral: ൰) |
| 4 | Malayalam | നാല് | four (numeral: ൪) |
| 5 | Old Swedish | nāl | needle |
| 6 | Old Norse | nál | needle |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nēþlō | needle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin (thread), to sew |
via Malayalam ആം
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malayalam | ആം | — |