Where does “പതിനഞ്ചാം” come from?

പതിനഞ്ചാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പതിനഞ്ച്, 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.

പതിനഞ്ചാം (Malayalam): fifteenth, 15th

Definitions

  1. fifteenth, 15th

Ancestry of “പതിനഞ്ചാം”, step by step

പതിനഞ്ചാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പതിനഞ്ച്

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

via Malayalam ആം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആം
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-