Where does “നൂറായിരം” come from?

നൂറായിരം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam ആയിരം, from Sanskrit सहस्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

നൂറായിരം (Malayalam): one hundred thousand, lakh

Definitions

  1. one hundred thousand, lakh

Ancestry of “നൂറായിരം”, step by step

നൂറായിരം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam ആയിരം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആയിരംthousand
2Sanskritसहस्रa thousand; a thousand cows or gifts; any very...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniansaȷ́ʰásramone thousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-ǵʰéslom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéslomthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Malayalam നൂറ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനൂറ്hundred (numeral: ൱)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom