Where does “പതിനാറ്” come from?

പതിനാറ് (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.

പതിനാറ് (Malayalam): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “പതിനാറ്”, step by step

പതിനാറ് traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പത്ത്

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

via Malayalam ആറ്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആറ്six (numeral: ൬)
2Proto-Dravidian*cāṯusix

Words derived from “പതിനാറ്”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →