Where does “പതിനൊന്നാം” come from?

പതിനൊന്നാം (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam പതിനൊന്ന്, 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.

പതിനൊന്നാം (Malayalam): eleventh, 11th

Definitions

  1. eleventh, 11th

Ancestry of “പതിനൊന്നാം”, step by step

പതിനൊന്നാം traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam പതിനൊന്ന്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപതിനൊന്ന്eleven
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-