Where does “പതിനാലാം” come from?

പതിനാലാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പതിനാല്, 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.

പതിനാലാം (Malayalam): fourteenth, 14th

Definitions

  1. fourteenth, 14th

Ancestry of “പതിനാലാം”, step by step

പതിനാലാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പതിനാല്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപതിനാല്fourteen
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-
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