Where does “പതിനാല്” come from?

പതിനാല് (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.

പതിനാല് (Malayalam): fourteen

Definitions

  1. fourteen

Ancestry of “പതിനാല്”, step by step

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

Words derived from “പതിനാല്”

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