Where does “പത്താം” come from?

പത്താം (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.

പത്താം (Malayalam): tenth, 10th

Definitions

  1. tenth, 10th

Ancestry of “പത്താം”, step by step

പത്താം 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 ആം

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamആം
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlōEvery word from Old Norse nál