Where does “പതിനാറാം” come from?

പതിനാറാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പതിനാറ്, 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.

പതിനാറാം (Malayalam): sixteenth, 16th

Definitions

  1. sixteenth, 16th

Ancestry of “പതിനാറാം”, step by step

പതിനാറാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പതിനാറ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപതിനാറ്sixteen
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-