Where does “നാൽകാലി” come from?

നാൽകാലി (Malayalam) comes 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.

നാൽകാലി (Malayalam): cattle, bovine animals

Definitions

  1. cattle, bovine animals

Ancestry of “നാൽകാലി”, step by step

നാൽകാലി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നാൽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനാൽ—
2Malayalamപത്ത്ten (numeral: ൰)
3Malayalamനാല്four (numeral: ൪)
4Old Swedishnālneedle
5Old Norsenálneedle
6Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
7Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Malayalam കാലി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകാലിempty
2Classical Persianخَالِی—
3Arabicخَالٍ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →