Where does “നിഖർവം” come from?

നിഖർവം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit निखर्व, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

നിഖർവം (Malayalam): 100 billion

Definitions

  1. 100 billion

Ancestry of “നിഖർവം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनिखर्व10 kharvas or 100 billions
2Sanskritनि-into; down; without, free of
3Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
4Proto-Indo-Europeannidown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Sanskrit नि- →