Where does “നിശാശലഭം” come from?

നിശാശലഭം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നിശ, from Sanskrit निशा, from Sanskrit निश्, from Sanskrit नि-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní, from Proto-Indo-European ni — down.

നിശാശലഭം (Malayalam): moth

Definitions

  1. moth

Ancestry of “നിശാശലഭം”, step by step

നിശാശലഭം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam നിശ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനിശnight
2Sanskritनिशाnight
3Sanskritनिश्night
4Sanskritनि-into; down; without, free of
5Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
6Proto-Indo-Europeannidown

via Malayalam ശലഭം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamശലഭംbutterfly
2Sanskritशलभlocust; grasshopper; cricket
3Sanskritशरभa sharabha mythical half-lion half-bird that slays lions; in later literature an eight-legged deer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ní →Every word from Sanskrit नि- →