Where does “പതിനൊന്ന്” come from?

പതിനൊന്ന് (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.

പതിനൊന്ന് (Malayalam): eleven

Definitions

  1. eleven

Ancestry of “പതിനൊന്ന്”, step by step

പതിനൊന്ന് 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 ഒന്ന്

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamഒന്ന്one (numeral: ൧)
2Proto-Dravidianonṯuone

Words derived from “പതിനൊന്ന്”

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