Where does “പതിനഞ്ച്” come from?

പതിനഞ്ച് (Malayalam) comes 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.

പതിനഞ്ച് (Malayalam): fifteen

Definitions

fifteen

Ancestry of “പതിനഞ്ച്”, step by step

പതിനഞ്ച് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പത്ത്

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malayalam	പത്ത്	ten (numeral: ൰)
2	Malayalam	നാല്	four (numeral: ൪)
3	Old Swedish	nāl	needle
4	Old Norse	nál	needle
5	Proto-Germanic	nēþlō	needle
6	Proto-Indo-European	(s)neh₁-	to spin (thread), to sew

via Malayalam അഞ്ച്

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malayalam	അഞ്ച്	five (numeral: ൫)
2	Proto-Dravidian	*caymtu	—

Words derived from “പതിനഞ്ച്”

പതിനഞ്ചാം

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →